Help with filing status

This is a category the IRS uses to classify your return based primarily on your marital status. If you file as Married/Registered Domestic Partner (RDP) and you file separately, you cannot qualify for EITC unless you had a qualifying child who lived with you for more than half of 2023 and either of the following applies:

• You lived apart from your spouse/RDP for the last 6 months of 2023, or
• You are legally separated by state law under a written separation agreement or decree of separate maintenance and you did not live in the same household as your spouse/RDP at the end of 2023.