Just have a child does not automatically qualify you to use the Head of Household filing status.To qualify you must: You file a separate return You paid more than half of the cost of keeping up your home for the tax year Your spouse did not live in the home during the last 6 months of the tax year Your home was the main home for your child, step child, or foster child for at least 6 months of the tax year You must be able to claim the child as a dependentSee Guide to Filing Taxes as Head of Household to provide you more information.

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If you have claim a baby can you file head of household?

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Just have a child does not automatically qualify you to use the Head of Household filing status.

To qualify you must:

You file a separate return
You paid more than half of the cost of keeping up your home for the tax year
Your spouse did not live in the home during the last 6 months of the tax year
Your home was the main home for your child, step child, or foster child for at least 6 months of the tax year
You must be able to claim the child as a dependent