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Spouses Living Apart

A special rule allows a married person who is living apart (but not necessarily legally separated) from his or her spouse, and who is caring for a dependent child, to be treated as single and eligible to use the head of household filing status. In the absence of this rule, these individuals would probably have to file as "married filing separately," a much less advantageous status.

In order to take advantage of this special rule, all of the following conditions must be met:



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