Head of Household

The IRS really needs to use better terms on its tax forms.

Specifically, "head of household" is such a vague term that it can ostensibly refer to anyone who leads their household, whether or not they actually have any dependents.  If you live by yourself, you basically are the head of that household, no?

Anyways, that's what I thought, and as such, put head of household as a deduction on my tax form when I first started working.  Well, it turns out that head of household is really only for people who have dependents and claiming head of household status is apparantly illegal.

I was wondering why I had to pay so much in taxes this year.  Maybe this will fix it.