Deductions & credits


@elacayoleal wrote:

During preparing my taxes, I noticed I get more refund filing my taxes as head of household and my spouse as married filing separate. We have been filing married filing together. Can I file separate this year as a Head of Household since I am getting more "refund"?


If you are legally married and lived with each other at any time during the last six months of the year then you can only file as Married Filing Jointly of Married Filing Separately.  In most all cases, when married, filing as MFJ is the best way to file for tax purposes.