When filing head of household and claiming the earned income credit (EIC), the program assumes the taxpayer is unmarried. If the taxpayer is married, please review the requirements to claim the EIC in Form 1040 instructions.

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February 3, 2026
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Please help me .

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IRonMaN

Level 15

Is your client married?

Slava Ukraini!

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jesseniarivasAuthor

Level 2

It just comes up as a suggestion, and I don't know if I necessarily have to answer one of the three options. My client is the head of the family and is not married.

shf1957

Level 6

Head of Household means more than just head of a family. It means the person claiming head of household should be able to show you a mortgage statement or rental lease in their name and utility bill for that same address i their name. Now also have a relative ( child/ mother etc...) that they full support and lives with them under that roof.... ( there are a few special rules re: a parent living elsewhere). So they are not just head of household ( what they might call head of the family) Do you understand more now? See some young adults will live with their parents and have a child and try to go head of household when they are NOT.. they are single with a child. they don't own or rent the parents house that they live in and with.

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