What is head of household?
To qualify as head of household, and get the more advantageous tax rate, then you must meet ALL of the following conditions: 1) you were not married on the last day of the tax year; 2) you paid more than half the cost of keeping up the home during the tax year; 3) and a qualifying person lived in the home with you for more than half of the year, except for temporary absences, such as school.