Federal filing status evidence selector
Organize year-end marital status, household costs, qualifying-person, and surviving-spouse facts before selecting a federal filing status.
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Likely status pathHead of household review indicated
- Year-end marital-status evidence
- Confirm unmarried or considered-unmarried status
- Home-cost test
- More than half entered
- Qualifying-person evidence
- Relationship, residency, age, support, and dependency records
- Next step
- Compare every permitted status because tax and credit results can differ
State-law marital status, nonresident-alien spouses, annulment, temporary absences, custodial-parent rules, and detailed qualifying-person rules can change the answer.
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