My husband and I maintained separate residences in New Jersey. Can we claim both as our prinicpal residence for NJ tax return?

[SeanE1]

The IRS and State of New Jersey is very clear about this and they state that a married couple, or anyone else for that matter, can only have one principal residence, (main home).  For further reading on this subject, please see the Links below:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Home-Ownership/Video--Can-We-File-Two-Primary-Residen...

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/09/realestate/just-what-is-a-primary-residence.html?pagewanted=all