My wife is starting a job with a new employer soon which requires her to live in an adjacent state. The job is full time and not temporary. We're considering the new job to be mandatory due to her current employer going out of business.
We are considering purchasing an RV to be parked in an RV park so she can live and work there through the week and return to our base home on weekends. The title on the RV would be held jointly.
Our current federal filing status is married filing jointly. For the purposes of our federal return, can we deduct interest on the RV loan and/or any additional expenses such as lot rental fees, utilities etc. since these expenses are required for her to comply with her new employer's residency requirements?
Another twist to this is the fact that the state we both currently live and work in has no personal income tax. However the state my wife will be working in does have personal income tax. Therefore my wife's future W-2's will show state income tax withheld and we will have to file a state return there, while mine will not since I'm still working and living in the state of our base home.
