Head of Household status applies to anyone with kids.

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She also claimed head of household filing status, child care credit and the child tax credit.

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Since then, creation of the head of household filing status and phaseouts for many credits and deductions have complicated the situation, often increasing penalties or reducing bonuses.

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Parents must wade through page after page of rules for the dependent exemption, head of household filing status, the Child Tax Credit (CTC), the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), college subsidies, and more.

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The work credit could subsidize all low-wage workers (replacing part of the EITC), while a child credit could replace the dependent exemption, the CTC, the head of household filing status, and the rest of the EITC.

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For the years 2001 through 2003, petitioner claimed head of household filing status and two dependent exemptions, for his parents, Nouh Gaied Abdelshied and Yvonne Ishak Abdelmessih, on his federal, New Jersey and New York State tax returns.

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Its family code, known as the Moudawana, was revised in 2004 to give far greater rights to women (including equal status in the household, the power to initiate divorces and the right to inherit equally).

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That means, for 2012, you were single (unless another filing status like Head of Household or Qualifying Widower applies).

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Sources close to the royal household said the Queen would not give her personal endorsement to the charter because of her apolitical status.

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