INTUIT ACADEMY: FILING STATUS AND QUALIFYING DEPENDENTS QUESTIONS ANSWERED
CORRECTLY
Your filing status is used to determine your _____________ - Answers Filing requirements,
standard deduction, eligibility for certain credits, correct tax
What are the five status types? - Answers Single, head of household, married filing jointly,
married filing separately, qualifying widow(er)
What are some of the requirements of someone being Single? - Answers Have never been
married, are divorced or legally separated under state law, were widowed before January 1 of
that year and you do not have a qualifying child, do not qualify for another filing status
What are the filing status requirements of Head of Household? - Answers Provided more than
half the cost of keeping up the home, unmarried, or if the qualifying person has lived with them
for more than half a year
What are the qualifying requirements of Qualifying Widow(er) - Answers If the spouse passed
away during the prior two tax years and have not remarried and have a qualifying dependent
Filing taxes separately does not have the same tax rate as Single. - Answers False, they both
have the similar tax rates
What is a residency status? - Answers A foreign national's legal status in a country where they
are not a citizen
What are the three residency statuses for non-US citizens? - Answers Resident Aliens, non-
resident Aliens, Dual Status Aliens
How do people earn Dual Status Alien? - Answers If their status changes during the year from
resident alien to non-resident alien or vice versa
What is a Green Card? - Answers A document that allows a person to permanently stay in a
country
Who qualifies for the Substantial Presence Test? - Answers If they are physically present in the
United States for at least 31 days or 183 days during the 3-year period that includes the current
year and the 2 years immediately preceding the current year
To satisfy the 183-day requirement, count... - Answers All of the days the person was present in
the current year, one-third of the days the person was present in the first year before the current
year, one-sixth of the days the person was present in the second year before the current year
What do Non-Resident Aliens file? - Answers Form 1040-NR
Which visas are given out to student, teacher, or trainee non-resident aliens? - Answers F, J, M, Q
visas
CORRECTLY
Your filing status is used to determine your _____________ - Answers Filing requirements,
standard deduction, eligibility for certain credits, correct tax
What are the five status types? - Answers Single, head of household, married filing jointly,
married filing separately, qualifying widow(er)
What are some of the requirements of someone being Single? - Answers Have never been
married, are divorced or legally separated under state law, were widowed before January 1 of
that year and you do not have a qualifying child, do not qualify for another filing status
What are the filing status requirements of Head of Household? - Answers Provided more than
half the cost of keeping up the home, unmarried, or if the qualifying person has lived with them
for more than half a year
What are the qualifying requirements of Qualifying Widow(er) - Answers If the spouse passed
away during the prior two tax years and have not remarried and have a qualifying dependent
Filing taxes separately does not have the same tax rate as Single. - Answers False, they both
have the similar tax rates
What is a residency status? - Answers A foreign national's legal status in a country where they
are not a citizen
What are the three residency statuses for non-US citizens? - Answers Resident Aliens, non-
resident Aliens, Dual Status Aliens
How do people earn Dual Status Alien? - Answers If their status changes during the year from
resident alien to non-resident alien or vice versa
What is a Green Card? - Answers A document that allows a person to permanently stay in a
country
Who qualifies for the Substantial Presence Test? - Answers If they are physically present in the
United States for at least 31 days or 183 days during the 3-year period that includes the current
year and the 2 years immediately preceding the current year
To satisfy the 183-day requirement, count... - Answers All of the days the person was present in
the current year, one-third of the days the person was present in the first year before the current
year, one-sixth of the days the person was present in the second year before the current year
What do Non-Resident Aliens file? - Answers Form 1040-NR
Which visas are given out to student, teacher, or trainee non-resident aliens? - Answers F, J, M, Q
visas
