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Re: HOH in Florida


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Posted by LadynRed (199.91.33.254) on January 27, 2003 at 12:37:05:

In Reply to: HOH in Florida posted by Victory on January 27, 2003 at 12:14:28:

Proving HOH is basically the same criteria as the IRS uses. Do you file your taxes as HOH ?

Here's what the IRS says:

"Generally, to qualify for head of household status, you must be unmarried and not entitled to file as a qualifying widow or widower with a dependent child. You must also have provided more than half the cost of maintaining as your home a household that was the main home for a qualifying person. You may also qualify for head of household status if you, though married, file a separate return, and your spouse has not lived in your home during the last six months of the tax year, and you provided more than half the cost of maintaining as your home a household that was the main home for a qualifying child for more than one half of your tax year.


If you are married, you and your spouse may file a joint return or separate returns.

If your spouse died in 2002 and you did not remarry before the end of the year, you may still file a joint return. This is the last year for which you may file a joint return with that spouse.

If your spouse died during 2000 or 2001, you may be able to file as a qualifying widow or widower. To do this, you must meet all four of the following tests:

You were entitled to file a joint return with your spouse in the year he or she died. It does not matter whether you actually filed a joint return,
You did not remarry before the end of 2002,
You have a child, stepchild, adopted child, or foster child for whom you can claim a dependency exemption, and
You paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home, that was the main home for you and that child, for the whole year. "

No judgment creditor can take anything that is non-exempt. The exemptions from judgment are the same as those for bankruptcy, so you'd need to look those up.




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