Ch. 6- Household Composition

Question 1

What is a household composition?

Answer 1

The IRS makes rules based upon them, either being single,
married file jointly
married, filed separately,
head of household or
qualifying widow with dependent children

Question 2

What is a tax filer?

Answer 2

A tax filer plus a spouse in the house come plus a taxpayer expects to claim a dependent

Question 3

What is the rule about married couples?

Answer 3

Whether filing jointly or separately, they both count in each others household

Question 4

What is a tax dependence household?

Answer 4

As long as there are no exceptions, a household of a tax filer, claiming an individual dependent, the dependents household will mirror the tax filers household’s number

Question 5

How many exceptions are there and what are they?

Answer 5

There are three exceptions.
1.)the tax dependent is not a child or a spouse of the tax filer; example-a nephew, living with them or an adult parent living with a child who files as the tax filer
2.) a common child under the age of 19 or under 21 if they are full-time student living with both parents and parents not expected to file a joint tax return example file, married, filing separately .
3.) a child under the age of 19 or under 21 if a full-time student and is claimed as a tax dependent on the non-custodial parent does that include step parents yes