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No, you do not file as head of household. Head of household has a special meaning on a tax return. It does not mean that you are the person in charge of the household or the person who pays the bills. Head of household is a filing status for a single person with a child. To file as head of household you must meet all of the following requirements. 1. You are unmarried or considered unmarried on the last day of the year. 2. You paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year. 3. 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. If you are not married and you do not have a qualifying person, such as a child who is your dependent, then you cannot file as head of household. You have to file as single.  

Pay attention, I'll teach you some basics about TurboTax.....  The TurboTax application creates and saves by default a proprietary file that can only be opened by the specific TurboTax application. At some point you have the option to print out the tax return from within the application. One of the options is to print to a PDF file, so now you know about the PDF file creation. As for the application, it's my business what I choose to do with it. As it stands now, TurboTax has violated the license agreement by disabling the application proving itself a dishonorable company and not trustworthy.

Combined income under $25,000 (single) or $32,000 (couple): Benefits are not taxed. Combined income of $25,000 to $34,000 (single) or $32,000 to $44,000 (couple): Up to 50 percent of benefits can be taxed. Combined income above $34,000 (single) or $44,000 (couple): Up to 85 percent of benefits can be taxed.