<prompt> Human: Last week my mom helped me file my taxes. I know how to do them but shes done them for me since I was 18. This year was the first year she couldnt claim me I made over 20k, didnt live with her at all and wasnt in school and I filed head of single no one could claim me. I got a small return and thought that was that.Just a little while ago my mom calls me panicked and crying. Shes gonna owe 5,000 if she cant claim me. She wants me to file an amended tax return. She says that Ill owe next year but shell pay whatever I owe. Is there a downside to me doing this? Other than the fact that my mom and step dad are not stellar with money and theres no 100 that theyll be able to pay me back next year. I need to know all the downsides before I give her an answer, I dont want to feel guilty and say yes and it fuck me over. EDIT- just check my files I filed single not HOH. My bad. Also I dont know why I didnt realize it was tax fraud. Obviously Im not the brightest when it comes to this. Ill be telling my mom no obviously. Thanks to everyone. Edit 2- just talked to my mom. She hung up on me and wouldnt listen when I told her it was tax fraud so theres that. Not gonna be letting her do my taxes anymore. Seriously thank you to everyone who helped me see how colossally stupid this was and not making me feel like an idiot for not seeing it. Edit 3- Follow up question...Im thinking of going back to school this August...can she claim me? I really dont want her to but Im also going to have to use her taxes for FAFSA...is there a way I can avoid this? Edit to edit 3- Im 21 and not quite ready to get married and not gonna go into the military. ufortunado09 gave the good suggestion to consider using my dad my parents are separated and I called him and he said I could use his taxes! So that solves that problem! Thank you for all your advice!  <response>: Well you probably need to amend anyway because HOH is only if you have a qualifying child. My guess is you should have filed single.Also youre talking about committing tax fraud. Not only that, but the IRS knows how much you made and this is the type of thing that could trigger IRS letters and potentially audits. 