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The one who is claiming their own child as a dependent would file as Head of Household.
Nobody. In order to file as HOH you must be paying OVER half of the household expenses. If your are each paying only one-third, no one even comes close. And....who are the three people anyhow? In order to file as HOH you need a qualified dependent.
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The one who is claiming their own child as a dependent would file as Head of Household.
@DoninGA wrote:
The one who is claiming their own child as a dependent would file as Head of Household.
To file as HOH, a taxpayer must pay MORE THAN HALF the expenses, and ALSO claim a child dependent. If no one pays more than half the expenses, no one is eligible to file as HOH, even if they have a dependent.
However, you can consider whether you are all in one "household". A household does not necessarily mean everyone living under one roof. Consider two examples.
So the ultimate determination may need to consider who the 3 people are who share expenses, whether they have qualifying dependents, and whether they have one combined household or separate households, based on their relationships and activities together.
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