# I love the IRS..... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 29, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-love-the-irs/187722 "2007-01-29T21:13:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-love-the-irs/187722/26 "2007-01-31T03:29:08Z")
> [@vw=sti w/ mods](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-sti-w-mods/17672/94): > > From the IRS website [http://www.irs.gov/publications/p501/ar02.html#d0e2117](http://www.irs.gov/publications/p501/ar02.html#d0e2117) : > > Table 4. Who is a qualifying person? > > If the person is . . . . .your qualifying child (such as a son, daughter, or grandchild who lived with you more than half the year and meets certain other tests). . . AND . . . he or she is single . . . . THEN that person is . . . > a qualifying person, whether or not you can claim an exemption for the person. > > Looks like you’re actually ok, at least with respect to you claiming head of household without claiming an exemption for your kids. This was one of the things I read, but I also read on the IRS web-page, about unmarried and if the other parent IS claiming the child as a dependent then that child can not be claimed as your qualifier for head of household. I just don’t want to see this dude have to pay back several $K in the future, because some on-line return program had a problem that no one found. Before being married, I was in a similar situation, my girl would file head of household along with the earned income credit, and we would get the most back that way. Thats all changed now that we are married. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-love-the-irs/187722)._