WillK
Intuit Alumni

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Unfortunately no. To be able to claim head of household the IRS states that all must be true to be able to qualify:

You are unmarried or considered unmarried on the last day of the year.  

You paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year. 

A qualifying person lived with you in the home for more than half the year (except for temporary absences, such as school). However, if the qualifying person is your dependent parent, he or she doesn't have to live with you. 

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