https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-and-i-have-not-lived-together-or-spoken-in-over-5-years-but-i-don-t-think-we-re-legally/01/1398597#M507912 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:24:03 GMT tork1369 2020-04-02T22:24:03Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-and-i-have-not-lived-together-or-spoken-in-over-5-years-but-i-don-t-think-we-re-legally/01/1398597#M507912 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:24:03 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-and-i-have-not-lived-together-or-spoken-in-over-5-years-but-i-don-t-think-we-re-legally/01/1398597#M507912 tork1369 2020-04-02T22:24:03Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-wife-and-i-have-not-lived-together-or-spoken-in-over-5-years-but-i-don-t-think-we-re-legally/01/1398614#M507935 <P>You would not be able to e-file without her SSN.&nbsp; If you are still legally married or do not have a legal separation you would file as Married Filing Separate or Head of Household if you qualify.&nbsp; With Married Filing Separate you must have your spouse's SSN, if a Community property state, you might have to include income.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If you do not have the information for your spouse on your Married Filing Separate return, you would have to mail in your return.&nbsp; If you have<STRONG> old tax returns</STRONG>, her information would be on one of them.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H1 id="toc-hId-446089656" class="sh-ext-lemon--h1-303Rq sh-articleTitle-2HNA6"><STRONG><FONT size="4">Can a married person claim Head of Household filing status?</FONT></STRONG></H1> <DIV class="sh-ext-lemon--div-3uKWd"> <P class="sh-ext-lemon--p-UK6ra">Even if you were legally married as of December 31, you are considered unmarried (and therefore eligible for Head of Household) if<STRONG>&nbsp;all 5</STRONG><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>of these conditions apply:</P> <P class="sh-ext-lemon--p-UK6ra">&nbsp;</P> <OL> <LI>You won't be filing jointly with your spouse</LI> <LI>Your spouse didn't live in your home after June (temporary absences due to illness, school, vacation, business, or military service don't count)</LI> <LI>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)</LI> <LI>You paid more than half the costs of keeping up your home during the tax year</LI> <LI>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</LI> </OL> <P class="sh-ext-lemon--p-UK6ra">You can also be considered unmarried for Head of Household if your spouse was a nonresident alien at any time during the tax year and you're not treating them as a resident alien.</P> </DIV> Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:28:21 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-wife-and-i-have-not-lived-together-or-spoken-in-over-5-years-but-i-don-t-think-we-re-legally/01/1398614#M507935 bluedeb 2020-04-02T22:28:21Z