To start with, your federal tax return will be the same regardless of what states are posted to your return.
- As your home state you will always both be filing a Nebraska tax return.
- Your husbands military pay will only be taxed in Nebraska regardless of where he is stationed.
- Any other income for you, or him if he works off base is taxed in the state that it is earned in.
Our cars and drivers' licenses are registered to their address but at the moment we do not pay any utilities or rent at my in-laws.
- That is as it should be. Don't change a thing.
We do pay for rent and utilities where we are stationed.
- These are not deductible. The state your stationed in is a non-resident state.
Can we use our home of record as our tax home for my travel stipends?
- The Defense Department provides travel and relocation allowances to help you with moving expenses. Per Diem reimburses you for meals, incidentals and lodging while you are traveling to your new duty station, but you do not get a travel stipend for living away from your home of record.
Do we have to arrange some kind of payment to my in-laws to qualify that as our tax home or is that necessary with it being our home of record?
- No, if you've decaled Nebraska as your home of record, that is all you have to do. Many military personnel sell all their property in their home state, but it still qualifies as their home of record.
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