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Overview

You may qualify for Head of Household (HOH) filing status if:

• You were unmarried or considered unmarried on Dec 31,
• You paid over half the cost of keeping up a home,
• A qualifying relative lived with you more than half the year,
• You weren’t a nonresident alien during the year.

Add Head of Household Status

To add HOH status:

1. Go to the State taxes section.
2. Select I’d like to see the forms I’ve filled out or search for a form.
3. In the drop list, select California.
4. Select the General tab.
5. Select Head of Household Information to add and open the form.
6. Complete the Qualifying Dependent Test.
7. Click Save to apply changes.

Further Information

See FTB Pub. 1540 for more information.