My filing status is single. I live with my mom and child. My mom is HOH &I claim my child as a dependent. What is my household income? Only mine or +moms income total

[xmasbaby0]

Your post is confusing.   You say you live with your mom and your child.   Then you say your mom is filing as Head of Household.   In order to file HOH, your mom has to claim a blood-related qualified dependent---such as your child or another child or related person who she supports.   It is not enough for her to be the owner of the home or the person whose name is on a lease.   If your mom claims your child as her qualified dependent, then you cannot also claim the child.  

So....explain who all lives in the household and who is claiming whom.   Your child's SSN cannot be entered on two tax returns.  Did you have more than $4400 of income in 2022?   Were you a full-time student?  How old were you at the end of 2022?

If your child is the only "dependent" in the home then you might need to work the tax returns both ways to see how they come out better---with you or your mom claiming the child--- to see who gets more from the child tax credit, earned income credit, and perhaps the childcare credit.

And...why do you want to know your "household income?"  Where is it asking you for that?

[NCperson · Accepted solution]

While everyone lives in one home, your mother files her income on  her tax return and you file your income on your tax return.  it's that simple.

As for the Filing Status, there are two critical rules to filing HOH

1) you must  provides more than 50% of the household expenses,

2) you must be able to claim a Qualifying Person.

So it is fine for you to file Single and claim your child

however, 

short of more family members you did not explain in your post, your Mom can't file HOH unless she meets those two requirements. 

if you have permitted your mother to claim your child, then 

1) you are filing SINGLE with no dependents

2) and assuming your mother provides more than 50% of the household expenses, she files HOH and claims your child. 

Unless there are other qualified persons in the household that you did not mention, your mother can't file HOH with no dependents. 

[Opus 17]

"What is my household income?"

That depends on who is asking.

First, as others have mentioned, if three people live together (grandmother, mother, and child), the grandmother can't file as head of household unless the grandmother claims the child as a dependent.  HOH does not just mean "head of the family," it is a special tax status for single parents and people in a similar situation who pay most of the household expenses and claim a child dependent.  The only time it is possible for one person to claim a child for the child tax credit and a different person to claim the child as a qualifying person for HOH ("splitting" the tax benefits of the child) is when the two people are the biological parents who are divorced or separated and living apart.

Now, the definition of "household income" depends on who is asking.  For some state tax credits (like the New York State Household Credit) it is all the taxpayers who live in the household.  Are you asking for a federal tax reason like the ACA insurance subsidy, or are you asking about a state tax credit or deduction?

[Carl]

My mom is HOH &I claim my child as a dependent.

What qualifies your mom to file as HOH?  Your mom can not claim you as a dependent, if you are claiming a dependent of your own. Additionally, if you are filing a tax return that typically means you earn well over $4700. If you are over the age of 18 and are not a full time college student, your income would be to high for anyone to claim you as a dependent.

What is my household income?

For what purpose are you asking this? It matters. Also matters if it's related to your federal return or state return, and what state if so.