How do I plan my two nondependent children under head of household?

Question by savalot: How do I plan my two nondependent children under head of household?

My wife passed away in 2006. Both my children are living with me. They have been working for half the year in 2008. I supply more than half the expenses in 2008. They are both under 24. Under head of household in turbo tax, I can fill in one child as my nondependent child, but there is no option for the second child. Any ideas?




Best answer:

Answer by Judy
The only way you could file as HofH without a dependent is if you have a child whom you could claim as a dependent except that their other parent is claiming them this year under divorced and separated parent rules - this does not apply to your situation. So unless you can claim at least one of them as a dependent, you can't file as HofH.

To claim a child, they have to be under age 19, OR under 24 and a full time student, OR make under 00 for the year. There are other rules too, but if you don't meet one of those three, you can't claim them as a dependent and also can't file as HofH no matter how much of their support you provide.

The reason there's only place to fill in one if they qualified is that one would be all you need.

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