Carl
Level 15

Deductions & credits

Effective starting in 2018, W-2 work related expenses are no longer deductible. You have have nothing to claim concerning this move.

Also, depending on the states involved, you can't just arbitrarily change your legal state of residence just because you want to. Each state has their own criteria that defines a legal resident of that state. Likewise, for many states just leaving that state does not mean it is no longer your state of legal residence either, just because you left it. So you need to check residency requirements on the states involved.