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Turbotax is wrong about my boyfriend qualifying to file as Head of Household, according to the IRS ITA tool. How can I make it let me file as HoH? Only allowed 150 chars

fdragan — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:35:36 GMT

We lived together all year. I provided all monetary support. Neither of us is married. He made less than $5200. He is not disabled by government definition. He has a valid SSN. Cohabitation is legal in our state, which is not where we receive our mail. Cohabitation is also legal in the state we do receive our mail in. He is older than 24. Turbotax won't let me file as Head of Household. What gives?

Re: Turbotax is wrong about my boyfriend qualifying to file as Head of Household, according to the IRS ITA tool. How can I make it let me file as HoH? Only allowed 150 chars

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:44:10 GMT

Your BF can be claimed as a dependent and you get the $500 non-refundable credit for other dependents, but he cannot possibly be a "qualifying dependent" for Head of Household filing status since he is not related to you by blood or marriage. Sorry...you file as Single.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-filing-status/qualifying-person-head-household/L2TmgztNs_US_en_US

Re: Turbotax is wrong about my boyfriend qualifying to file as Head of Household, according to the IRS ITA tool. How can I make it let me file as HoH? Only allowed 150 chars

fdragan — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:02:52 GMT

Hmm. I could have sworn it had let me before, but looking at last year return proves not. I think what may have happened is I got it confused with *his* filing status, when his youngest was still in school. (I've done all of everybody's taxes for near two decades now.)

Thank you for the clarification.