I was reimbursed for money I spent for relocation expenses totaling $7000+ by my new job; however, they made me fill out a W9. What do I do about this on my tax form?

[alkiesha-collins]

I used my own money (which I already paid taxes on) to relocate to a new state, but to get my reimbursement for the money I spent, I had to complete a W9. Do I now have to pay taxes again on my reimbursement because the amount was $7,000+ and they asked me to complete a W9, even though I already paid taxes on the money I spent? How do I explain this to the IRS? My job won't give me a 1099 form and I was an employee not independent contractor at the time of reimbursement.

[Critter]

Since you were an employee then that amount should already be reflected in box 1 of the W-2 so you are only taxed once. Ask your employer for clarification.

However, the qualifying moving expenses can be claimed as an adjustment to your AGI. https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901337-form-3903-moving-expenses

Moving expenses are limited to -

the cost of transportation of your household goods and family effects,
travel costs (including lodging but not meals) of you, your spouse and your dependents while en route
the cost of storing and insuring household goods and personal effects within any period of 30 consecutive days after the day your things are moved from your former home and before they are delivered to your new home.   (Different storage rules apply to a foreign move.)

You cannot deduct the following items as moving expenses.
• Any part of the purchase price of your new home.
• Car tags.
• Driver's license.
• Expenses of buying or selling a home (including closing costs, mortgage fees, and points).
• Expenses of entering into or breaking a lease.
• Home improvements to help sell your home.
• Loss on the sale of your home.
• Losses from disposing of memberships in clubs.
• Mortgage penalties.
• Pre-move house hunting expenses.
• Real estate taxes.
• Refitting of carpet and draperies.
• Return trips to your former residence.
• Security deposits (including any given up due to the move).
• Storage charges except those incurred in transit and for foreign moves.  "In transit" includes any 30 day period including the day of the move.
• Temporary lodging at the new residence location

See IRS Publication 521 on moving expenses here: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p521/ar02.html#en_US_publink100043359