The requirement is to determine which relative could be claimed as a dependent. One of the requirements that must be satisfied to claim a dependency exemption for a person as a qualifying relative is that the person must be (1) of specified relationship to the taxpayer, or (2) a member of the taxpayer's household.
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To be considered unmarried, a taxpayer must meet all the following tests: 1  The taxpayer must file a separate return. 2  The taxpayer paid more than half the cost of keeping up the home for the tax year. 3  The taxpayer's spouse must not have lived in the home at any time during the last six months of the year.
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To use the Head of Household filing status, a taxpayer must: 1  Be unmarried or considered unmarried at the end of the year. 2  Have paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the tax year (either one's own home or the home of a qualifying parent)
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First, the higher income levels (tax year 2016): 1  First, if you have no qualifying dependent children, the maximum AGI you can have to claim the EIC is $14,880 if you’re a single filer. This includes those who are filing as single, head of household and qualifying widow(er) with dependent child.
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The exception is a taxpayer who is considered unmarried for Head of Household filing purposes and actually qualifies as Head of Household. To be considered unmarried, a taxpayer must meet all the following tests: The taxpayer must file a separate return. The taxpayer paid more than half the cost of keeping up the home for the tax year.
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c) Yes No. The item asks you to determine the requirements that must be met in order for a single individual to qualify for the additional standard deduction. A single individual who is age sixty-five or older or blind is eligible for an ad ditional standard deduction ($1,400 for 2009 and 2010).
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First, the higher income levels (tax year 2016): 1  First, if you have no qualifying dependent children, the maximum AGI you can have to claim the EIC is $14,880 if you’re a single filer. 2  If you have only one qualifying child, the AGI cap is $39,296 for single filers, or $44,846 if married filing jointly.
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If the qualifying person is the taxpayer's father or mother, the taxpayer may file as Head of Household even if the father or mother does not live with the taxpayer. However, the taxpayer must be able to claim the exemption for the father or mother.
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Keeping up a home. To qualify for Head of Household filing status, the taxpayer must have paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year. Costs to consider include property taxes, mortgage interest, rent, utilities, repairs and maintenance, insurance, and food eaten in the home.
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Filing as head of household gives you a higher standard deduction and lower tax rate than filing as a single person or as married filing separately, so naturally there are some qualifications that must be met: 1  You must be single or have been separated for at least the last half of the year.
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what requirements must be met for a taxpayer to qualify to file as head of household
To qualify for Head of Household filing status, the taxpayer must have paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year.