A lot of people seemed to have missed this, but there is a MAJOR change to the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act!
In the past, the spouse of a service member had to have established residency in the military member's state of residency in order to claim that state for residency.
Now, to summarize, the spouse of a service member may claim one of two states as their state of residency: the state they live in, or the service member's state of residency.
On initial reading of the law I can see very little restriction on the spouse changing this as needed, especially after a PCS move. The states may feel differently.
The law took affect for 2018 tax year and later.
So what if my wife lives in SC and I am a Geo-Bachelor in Virginia. Can she still claim Texas as her residence since it is still my residence? I seem to be getting conflicting input on this.
ReplyDeleteNo. She must reside in the same state you are stationed in.
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