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[quote=Anonymous]Do you live with your husband? Are your children his?

You CAN file HOH if you are legally married, but there are pretty specific rules:

Who can be “considered unmarried” for Head of Household?
Married taxpayers may be “considered unmarried” and file as Head of Household if they:
• File a return for the tax year separate from their spouse.
• Paid more than half the cost of keeping up their home. See the Worksheet for Cost of Keeping Up a Home in the Volunteer Resource Guide.
• Lived apart from their spouse during the entire last six months of the tax year. The spouse is considered to have lived in the home even if temporarily absent due to special circumstances, such as military service or education.
• Provided the main home for more than half the year of a dependent child, stepchild, or foster child placed by an authorized agency. This test is also met if the taxpayer cannot claim the exemption only because the noncustodial parent can claim the child using the rules described in Publication 17.[/quote]

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