I will be living with my parents while picking up a travel nursing contract. Therefore their home would become my permanent address. In order to qualify for tax-free stipends while I pick up a travel nursing contract several hours away I need to maintain a tax home. Would my parents home count as my tax home since I will be living there in between contracts? The IRS says I need to duplicate expenses which is very vague, does that mean paying a few utilities in my name will count? or would shared expenses be another option such as paying an amount towards the home expenses each month and how would you calculate that?
