Head of Household audit letters mailed.

• Position: FTB NEWS - Brief article

The FTB has than 135,000 review letters to taxpayers who claimed the Head of Household filing status on their 2009 state lax return. Taxpayers who do not qualify will have their tax reassessed at either a single or married-filing-separate filing status. Nearly 29,000 taxpayers who used this status last year did not meet its requirements and were issued more than $31 million in tax assessments.

Each year FTB reviews tax returns of taxpayers who claim the Head of Household filing status because the qualifications are commonly misunderstood. 'I he status generally results in lower tax liabilities for unmarried taxpayers...