RESIDENCE OF SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS FOR TAX PURPOSES.

SEC. 302. RESIDENCE OF SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS FOR TAX PURPOSES. (a) Residence for Tax Purposes.—Section 511(a)(2) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4001(a)(2)) is amended— (1) by striking “A spouse” and inserting the following: “(A) In general.—A spouse” ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(B) Election.—For any taxable year of the marriage, the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence for purposes of taxation as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.” . (b) [50 U.S.C. 4001 note] Applicability.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any return of State or local income tax filed for any taxable year beginning with the taxable year that includes the date of the enactment of this Act.