JotikaT2
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It depends.

 

If you deducted the costs on your 2019 tax return return, you will need to report the reimbursements in your 2020 tax return under Less Common Income as Miscellaneous Income.  

 

If you did not take a deduction in 2019, you do not need to report the reimbursement in 2020 as you never took the tax deduction.  Therefore, it would simply be a reimbursement of an expense and not taxable income.

 

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