Under what circumstances, if any, can a married person file as a head of household?
Under what circumstances, if any, can a married person file as a head of household?
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Transcribed Image Text:Under what circumstances, if any, can a married person file as a head of household?
A. A married person, if otherwise qualified, can claim head of household status only in the first year that he or she can be classified as a surviving
spouse. The taxpayer must maintain a household for at least nine months of the year.
OB. A married person, if otherwise qualified, can claim head of household status if he or she is married to a nonresident alien or if he or she qualifies
as an abandoned spouse. To be an abandoned spouse, the person must have lived apart from his or spouse for the last six months of the year
and maintain a household for a qualifying child in which they both live.
OC. A married person, cannot claim head of household status, this status is only for single taxpayer that maintain a household for a qualifying child in
which they both live.
O D. A married person, if otherwise qualified, can claim head of household status only if he or she qualifies as an abandoned spouse. To be an
abandoned spouse, the person must have lived apart from his or spouse for at least nine months of the year and maintain a household for a
qualifying child in which they both live.
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