For the purposes of the Head of Household filing status, a qualifying person is a child, parent, or relative who meets certain conditions, listed below. If the person is not related to you, they may be your dependent, but you can't claim head of household based on them.
The conditions are stricter than those for claiming a dependent; for example, you might be able to claim a roommate as your dependent, but never as a qualifying person for Head of Household status.
A qualifying child would be:
- Your child (including legally adopted), stepchild, foster child, sibling, half-sibling, step-sibling, or a descendant of any of them (for example, your grandchild or niece) AND
- Permanently and totally disabled OR under the age of 19 as of December 31, 2022 (under 24 if a full-time student) and younger than you (or your spouse, if filing jointly) AND
- Lived with you for more than half the year AND
- Single (or if the child is married, you'd have to qualify to claim them as a dependent even if you're not going to claim them as such).
If your dependent meets all of the tests above, then a question must be answered incorrectly in TurboTax.
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