@M-MTax wrote:
I would expect that hotel costs would not qualify as rent for a state renter's credit
As written in my other post if a landlord-tenant relationship exists at least MA allows a renter's credit. It doesn't matter whether it's a hotel, motel, apartment building or whatever.
But what is required to establish a landlord-tenant relationship in the context of a hotel? I expect the rules are different if we are talking about a week's stay at Disneyworld vs. a 3 month stay at a "residential hotel" in the Bowery.
Also, regarding any state rental credits, I assume that even if there is a landlord-tenant relationship, the landlord or property must be in-state? A Minnesota taxpayer could not use the rental credit on a hotel in Florida, could they? Even if it met the landlord-tenant relationship test.
