I moved out of NY state in February and got a baby which qualifies me for a Head of Household status on Federal return AFTER that. Should I file NY taxes as HOH or single

[aliona-madjar]

NY state generally requires the filing status to match the federal filing status, but I wasn't qualified for HOH during the time I lived in NY

[MaryK4]

You can use the Head of Household status for your New York tax return, even though you were not Head of Household while you were an actual New York resident.  Because New York calculates the part year resident as if they lived in the state for the year, you want to prepare the return "as if" you were a full year resident which would use the December 31st filing status.