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Tax Treatment of Child living with unmarried parents

Date 2024-09-09 11:55 -0400
From Rick <rick@nospam.com>
Newsgroups misc.taxes.moderated
Organization i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
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Subject Tax Treatment of Child living with unmarried parents

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An unmarried couple live together with their child.  Each is a 
professional person with a six-figure income.  They own their home 
jointly and share all expenses.  The child lives with them 100% of the 
time and all of the child’s expenses are shared.   Both parent's names 
are on the child's birth certificate.  Since they are not legally 
married, they cannot file a Married-Filing-Jointly tax return.

Assuming no other factors, how does the IRS determine which of them can 
legally file as Head-of-Household and which must file as single?

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Tax Treatment of Child living with unmarried parents Rick <rick@nospam.com> - 2024-09-09 11:55 -0400
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