Does finance or boyfriend meet the qualifed dependent test when I am filing Head of Household?

While you might be able to claim a boyfriend or girlfriend as a dependent if they lived with you all year and had no more that the personal exemption amount for income for the year ($3,400 for 2007) you CANNOT file as Head of Household based upon their dependency status. That's reserved for close family relations only such as children, siblings and parents.

Why is it that way? Pretty simple really: It's the law!

If you're being audited for that, get your checkbook out as your return will be corrected and your tax will be recalculated, plus penalties and interest for late payment.

if you are filing HOH, then you need to find a new guy. sugar momma, huh?

file separately. you aren't married yet.
No. Guess that's why you're being audited. YOu need to get a new BF and get out the checkbook.
A boyfriend does not qualify a girlfriend to be Head of Household and likewise, the reverse is true.
You might be able to claim him as a dependent as a qualifying relative, but he definitely does NOT qualify you to file as head of household. The IRS has a specific list of relationships that do, and all must be closely related by blood or marriage - an unrelated dependent does NOT qualify, so you can't file as head of household. Expect that your filing that way will be disallowed, and you will have to pay back any taxes you saved by filing head of household illegally, plus interest and possible penalties.
Your boyfriend does not qualify as a dependent for HOH status. If challenged you will be required to recalculate you return (they will do it for you) an pay back any benefit from the HOH. If the FTB has discovered this the Feds will soon and you might wish to amend that return to reduce the penalty and interest. As for the why you would need to ask congress they make the rules which include the fact that you could not use your boyfriends children for HOH even if they lived with you full time.
Get married then head of house hold fits if your paying the bills --sugar

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