I am trying to decide if we can deduct the moving expenses. We relocated across state lines, 275 miles. This was work related, a transfer. It was by choice, does that cou

[stei0583]

I am trying to determine if this counts?

[DexterS · Accepted solution]

If you incurred moving expenses related to a job change, it doesn't matter if it was your choice or not.  

Deductible Moving Expenses are:

Moving your household goods and personal effects (including in-transit or foreign-move storage expenses), and 

Traveling (including lodging but not meals) to your new home.

You must meet three tests:

• Your move is closely related to the start of work.

• You meet the distance test.

• You meet the time test.

Your move will meet the distance test if your new main job location is at least 50 miles farther from your former home than your old main job location was from your former home. 

To meet the time test if you are an employee, you must work full time for at least 39 weeks during the first 12 months after you arrive in the general area of your new job location (39-week test). Full-time employment depends on what is usual for your type of work in your area.

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Moving Expenses