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bethany4
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If my company reimbursed me for moving expenses, and also paid tax assistance directly to the taxing authorities, how do I file?

Info from my company:
"The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires most relocation related expenses paid directly to you or on your behalf to be reported on your W-2 wage statement. Most expenses are considered taxable income and will appear in your gross pay. Your company realizes the impact this may have on your finances and has paid a "gross up" or tax assistance directly to the taxing authorities on your behalf."

Do I still apply for state moving expense credits?  If so, do I fill this out in the federal questions?
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If my company reimbursed me for moving expenses, and also paid tax assistance directly to the taxing authorities, how do I file?

Any moving assistance is treated like a taxable bonus for any other reason. The total amount is subject to income tax and must be included in your W-2 wages. For example, if the employer intended to give you $5000 of moving assistance and they actually paid $8000 to cover the taxes as well, then the total amount of $8000 must be included in your W-2 wages.  

 

You simply report your actual wage income, regardless of how you spent it.  Then, I believe moving expenses are still listed on the deductions and credits page in the section for job-related expenses. You can list the actual moving expenses that you paid that you can prove with receipts, regardless of how much assistance you actually received.  Although it is not a federal deduction, it is still entered on the main federal page, and it will flow to your state tax return automatically if it is an allowable deduction in your state and if you meet any other state requirements.

If my company reimbursed me for moving expenses, and also paid tax assistance directly to the taxing authorities, how do I file?

For tax years 2018 through 2025, the deduction of certain moving expenses is suspended for nonmilitary taxpayers.

 

See https://www.irs.gov/publications/p521

Hal_Al
Level 15

If my company reimbursed me for moving expenses, and also paid tax assistance directly to the taxing authorities, how do I file?

Most states do not have a moving expense deduction.  For specific advice, you need to identify your state.

 

That said, it does appear that TurboTax wants you to enter it in the federal section. 

In TurboTax (TT), enter at:

Federal Taxes Tab (Personal for H&B version)

Deductions & Credits

-Scroll down to:

-Other deductions and credits

    -Moving Expenses

 

The general rule is that any state deduction allowed, will come up in the state interview.  So, if entering it in the federal section doesn't fully get it to the state return, you'll be given a chance to finish it.

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