Another item supporting item: Visit the MI Treasury website and type question "May I claim a homestead property tax credit if I am a college student?" to get this official answer => <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="
http://www.michigan.gov/taxes/0,4676,7-238-43715-153664--,00.html">http://www.michigan.gov/taxes/0,4... pivotal item comes down to deciding what location the student considers their "permanent" MI residence to be, i.e. their parent's MI home, or their MI apartment. In our case, the student works part-time at various jobs (including 1099-MISC income for a self-employed situation), while attending college full time, living in a 12 month leased apartment (i.e. year-round, not just fall & winter semesters). It seems that in this situation the student can justifiably call "the place to which you plan to return whenever you go away" to be the apartment for the state of MI's definition of a "permanent home". He/she is "away" at college, but now locates their rented living quarters there, working in the community, and from a state of MI tax law standpoint, intending to stay there unless he/she lands a bigger job elsewhere, post-graduation. Student's federal return gets the parent's home address per the fed's handling of a dependent college student; while the student's MI return gets the current apartment address per the above explanation. IS ANYONE READING THIS AWARE OF any MI tax rule(s) that is in conflict with this? THANKS in advance for your help.
