A 6 year old son and his working adult parents live with the 55 year old working single grandfather in the grandfather's home. Can the grandfather file HOH claiming the grandson as his qualifying child (but not his dependent)? If he can't use the child can he use his married daughter (the mother of the grandson) as his qualifying person?
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You said the grandchild's parents were working. Making the assumption that the daughter/mother earned $3200 of more, then the Grandfather has no eligible individuals to make a claim for H of H status. -
Thank you, I believe in 2004 the grandfather was able to file HOH.Comment
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Qualifying child of both
The 6-yo is a QC of both his parents and of the grandfather, and either one can claim the 6-yo as long as they agree (if they don't agree and both claim the 6-yo, then the parents will win the tie-breaker). So, if grandfather provides over half the cost of keeping up the home, and if grandfather claims the 6-yo as a dependent, then grandfather gets HOH.Originally posted by Unregistered
Keep in mind that even though the parents are working, they _may_ not be contributing to the household expenses.
BillComment
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Grandfather may claim HoH if...
I agree with Bill Tubbs. The 6 year old child is the qualifying child of both the grandfather and the child's parents. If the grandfather is paying more than half the cost of keeping up the home, and he claims his grandson as his dependent, then he can us HoH status.
There's a big catch to this. The grandfather can't claim the six year old child as a dependent unless the child's parents agree. Because if the parents claim the same child, that will trigger the tiebreaker rules. Natural or adoptive parent trumps all other relationships in a tiebreaker.
Burton M. Koss
koss@usakoss.net
Burton M. Koss
koss@usakoss.net
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