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Head of household
By means of a special tax rate table, a head of household receives a tax advantage over a single individual but less than that afforded a husband and wife who file a joint return. Generally, a head of a household is an unmarried individual who is not a surviving spouse and who maintains as a home a household which is the principal place of abode of at least one child or grandchild or any other relative (except a cousin).