The issue still persists regarding filing legitimately as Head of Household in some cases. I used TurboTax to file as HoH on March 4, 2022 and while my IRS account shows it as received, I haven't received my refund and the IRS "Where's My Refund" app says it's still in process. The problem arises in part because I'm overseas and I support (by 80% or more) my noncitizen grandchild who lives in my home. The child of course has no Social Security number so I have to file on paper. I must have used a workaround last year, perhaps by revising the PDF version prepared by TT with my own copy of Adobe Acrobat Pro. The only way I have been able to get the 2022 version of TT to allow me to claim HoH is to give the kid a temporary SS# ([removed]) which I can revise to "NRA" using Acrobat, and also remove any claim to dependent status as he's neither a U.S. citizen nor living in Canada or Mexico. I'm stuck with TT this year because I sold a depreciated vacation property and it would be too complicated to transfer all that data to another firm's product. But I could conceive of further complications that could force me to copy most of the TT printout onto IRS forms. (As to the rule on HoH for noncitizen grandchildren (and certain others) see Pub. 501, Table 4:
"IF the person is your . . .
"qualifying child (such as a son, daughter, or grandchild who lived with you more than half the year and meets certain other tests) 2"
AND the child is single
THEN that person is . . .
a qualifying person, whether or not the child meets the Citizen or Resident Test."
