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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

You can try the following to change your filing status:

 

  1. Click on your search icon in your upper right corner of your TurboTax screen
  2. Type "filing status" in your search box
  3. Click on the link "Jump to filing status"
  4. And you should see a screen "Review Your Filing Status"
  5. Click "Change my filing status"
  6. And a drop down appears.

 

To qualify for head of household, you have to meet the following:

  • You must pay for more than half of the expenses for a qualifying household
  • You must be considered unmarried on the last day of the tax year
  • You must have a qualifying child or dependent

Head of Household status includes single parents. It also includes divorced or legally separated parents with custody of a child.

 You can also be an adult who provides support for a parent or other relative under qualifying circumstances.

 

 

Your screens will look something like this:

 

 

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Click here for Guide to Filing Taxes as Head of Household

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