“The rule says nothing about how a person filing HOH must claim their deductions. You are allowed to file HOH and claim any deduction you want, itemized or standard...”
This is how I originally interpreted it as well. There is nothing that explicitly addresses this question that I could find.
Further, if we each file as HoH, each having one of our 2 sons as a qualifying dependent, would we both be able to use either standard deduction or itemize regardless of what the other does?
