Task: In each of the following independent situations, determine Winston's filing status for 2012 and why. Winston is NOT married. These 5 situations either fall into the categories of Single Taxpayers, Married Individuals, Marriage Penalty, Surviving Spouse, Head of Household, or Abandoned Spouse.
1). Winston lives alone, but he maintains a household in which his parents live. The mother qualifies as Winston's dependent, but the father does not.
2). Winston lives alone, but he maintains a household in which his married daughter, Karin, lives. Both Karin and her husband (Winston's son-in-law) qualify as Winston's dependent.
3). Winston maintains a household in which he and a family friend, Ward, live. Ward qualifies as Winston's dependent.
4). Winston maintains a household in which he and his mother-in-law live. Winston's wife died in 2011.
5). Same as (d), except that Winston's wife disappeared (i.e., she did not die) in 2010.