Sorry, maybe I haven't been clear. The company made payments to me and on my behalf in 2020, but the relocation company set a cut-off date of Oct 31 for payments made after that date to be reported on my 2021 W2. Because my entire relocation happened after Oct 31 and before Dec 31, I'm trying to see if it might be possible to request the company allocate the amounts reported on my 2021 W2 across the two years as they were actually paid, using Dec 31 as the date of differentiation rather than Oct 31. I definitely did find some reimbursement receipts dated for several thousands of dollars in 2020, but without full visibility into which other payments might have been made on my behalf behind the scenes, I'm not sure how much of an impact this would have. As I'd mentioned, I'm trying to spread the benefit across the years, as I'm sure there are some payments that were legitimately held over to 2021. I'm also trying to confirm with someone that the IRS rules of splitting the payments at Dec 31 would trump the policy of the relocation company and I wouldn't be wasting my time in pursing a corrected W2. If it could get me another 1k+ in child tax credit, then I feel like the time is worth it, as any correction to 2020 shouldn't affect my overall tax basis for the two years.
@KrisD15
