My son lives me most of the year. His mom and I are divorced. But she claims him this year. Can we both claim hoh

andrew-strickland26 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:58:30 GMT

Re: My son lives me most of the year. His mom and I are divorced. But she claims him this year. Can we both claim hoh

xmasbaby0 — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:16:40 GMT

No. Only the person with whom the child spent the most nights can enter the child as a qualifying dependent for HOH filing status. He cannot be claimed as the qualifying dependent for HOH on two tax returns.

Are you the custodial parent? Do you have an agreement with the other parent to allow the other parent to claim them--due to divorce or that you live apart and share custody? Did one of you sign a Form 8332?

If there is a signed 8332 then the custodial parent retains the right to file as Head of Household, get earned income credit and the childcare credit. The non-custodial parent gets the child tax credit for children under the age of 17.

As far as the IRS is concerned, the custodial parent is the one with whom the child spent the most nights during the tax year--at least 183 nights.

If you are a non-married couple who live together then only one of you can claim the child(ren) and the one not claiming the child does not enter anything at all on their tax return about the child.

Am I Head of Household?

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1894553-do-i-qualify-for-head-of-household

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2900097-what-is-a-qualifying-person-for-head-of-household

If you qualify as Head of Household, when you enter your marital status (single or married filing separately) into MyInfo, and then enter your qualifying dependent, TurboTax will offer HOH as your filing status.

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My son lives me most of the year. His mom and I are divorced. But she claims him this year. Can we both claim hoh

Re: My son lives me most of the year. His mom and I are divorced. But she claims him this year. Can we both claim hoh