A person may qualify for Head of Household filing status if you:
- Were unmarried as of December 31, 2022 and
- Paid more than half the cost of keeping up your home during the tax year (rent, mortgage, utilities, etc.), and
- Supported a qualifying person.
You would have to make the case that a 16-year old is paying more than half the cost of keeping up the home during the tax year. IRS Publication 501 page 8 states:
Keeping Up a Home
To qualify for head of household status, you must pay more than half of the cost of keeping up a home for the year.…Include in the cost of keeping up a home expenses such as rent, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, insurance on the home, repairs, utilities, and food eaten in the home.
Costs you don't include.
Don't include the cost of clothing, education, medical treatment, vacations, life insurance, or transportation. Also don't include the value of your services or those of a member of your household.
The tests for a qualifying child are:
- Relationship: Must be your child, adopted child, foster child, brother or sister, or a descendant of one of these (grand or nephew).
- Residence: Must have the same residence for more than half the year.
- Age: Must be under age 19 or under 24 and a full-time student for at least 5 months. They can be any age if they are totally and permanently disabled.
- Support: Must not have provided more than half of their own support during the year.
- Joint Support: The child cannot file a joint return for the year.
TurboTax software will ask you simple questions and give you the filing status, credits and deductions that you are eligible for based upon your answers.
See also this TurboTax Help.
Do I qualify for Head of Household in 2022?
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