No, one of you has to file Single and one of you can be Head of Household. There can only be one Head of Household per household, so you both can't qualify. When you get the question that asks ''Do you provide more than half the costs of keeping up a home?'' - only one of you can answer yes to that. If you both pay exactly half, then neither of you qualify for head of household. The person who pays MORE than half (even if it is only $1 more) gets to claim the Head of Household status. If you both claim the HoH status at the same address, expect an IRS inquiry as that can only be done in limited circumstances, as in when you are running two completely separate households. A boyfriend and girlfriend living together would not be one of the acceptable situations.
''Married filing separately'' is an option only for married taxpayers so you don't have the option. And you would not want it anyway as it is usually the worst filing status for a taxpayer. 😉
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