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Which of the following taxpayers may file as a head of household in 2019?Marco provides all o f the support for his mother, Sienna, who lives by herself in an apartment in Fort Lauderdale. Marco pays the rent and other expenses for the apartment and properly claims his mother as a dependent.Tammy provides over one-half the support for her 18-year old brother, Dan. He earned $4,200 in 2019 working at a fast-food restaurant and is saving his money to attend college in 2020. Dan lives in Tammy's home.Juan's wife left him late in December of 2018. No legal action was taken and Juan has not heard from her in 2019. Juan supported his 6-year-old son, who lived with him throughout 2019.a. Tammy onlyb. Juan onlyc. Marco and Juan onlyd. Marco, Tammy, and Juan

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Answer:

d. Marco, Tammy, and Juan

Step-by-step explanation:

For someone to be qualified for head-of-household tax filing status, There are some criteria that is usually put into consideration such as;

✓ The person should be considered unmarried.

✓ The person should file a separate

individual tax return.

✓ The person must be paying for more than half of expenses in that household.

✓The person must Considered having a dependent which could be a qualifying child.

1)In the case of the question, we were told that

Marco provides all o f the support for his mother, Sienna, who lives by herself in an apartment in Fort Lauderdale. Marco pays the rent and other expenses for the apartment and properly claims his mother as a dependent.

HINTS: Here we can see that His mother is dependent on him, paying more of the expenses needed in the house

2)Tammy provides over one-half the support for her 18-year old brother, Dan. He earned $4,200 in 2019 working at a fast-food restaurant and is saving his money to attend college in 2020. Dan lives in Tammy's home.

Hint:Here we can see that Tammy provides over one-half the support for his dependent brother, he's working , paying over one-half the of house expenses

3)Juan's wife left him late in December of 2018. No legal action was taken and Juan has not heard from her in 2019. Juan supported his 6-year-old son, who lived with him throughout 2019.

HINTS: Juan is not with his wife, he's having a dependent which is his 6-year-old son, and he is responsible for expenses.

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