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If I provided housing, food, clothing, transportation, utilities for these 3 dependents, and they did not have an income, why can I not file head of household

I made 56,909 last year.  Roseanne is a stay at home mother to grayson, who is 6.  Her daughter lives with us and worked very little last year. Made less than 4000
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If I provided housing, food, clothing, transportation, utilities for these 3 dependents, and they did not have an income, why can I not file head of household

So----these are not your own bio-children?   Then, sorry, since they are not related to you, they cannot be claimed as qualified relatives to let you file as Head of Household.   If they lived with you the whole year and you provided over half their support, you can only get the $500 credit for other dependents for them.  No earned income credit, no child tax credit, no childcare credit.

 

 

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.

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4499708-what-is-the-500-credit-for-other-dependents-family-tax-cre...

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If I provided housing, food, clothing, transportation, utilities for these 3 dependents, and they did not have an income, why can I not file head of household

It's not clear from your question who all the people you named are and how they are related to you.  Can you clarify?   You can use pseudonyms if you like.

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