@mfss03 wrote:
To be honest, the tax office where I do my taxes was the one who changed it to house hold. I did not even know how to qualify for houehold. Now, I am the one trying to do my taxes for 2020, I wan to do filing jointly because I do not think that "Household" Really fits me and my wife.
There are very specific requirements to have Head of Household filing status when you are legally married.
- You won't be filing jointly with your spouse
- Your spouse didn't live in your home after June (temporary absences due to illness, school, vacation, business, or military service don't count)
- Your home was your child's, stepchild's, or foster child's main home for more than half the year (non-child dependents in your home don't qualify)
- You paid more than half the costs of keeping up your home during the tax year
- You meet the qualifications to claim the child as your dependent, even if the other (noncustodial) parent is actually claiming the child as a dependent on their return
