We moved across country in November for a new job. We received $1,000 for "relocation assistance". Breaking our lease cost $5,000. Moving our stuff cost $2,600. When I put the $2,600 into turbo tax, then the $1,000 it calculates my total out of pocket expense at $1,600. But that's to assume the $1,000 went to travel. Unlike the IRS, the relocation money from the new job can be applied to whatever we want, so we want to apply it to breaking the lease.
Is there any way to not have the relocation assistance be considered as covering the travel expenses? It seems awfully lame of the IRS to force that money to be used to cover travel expenses when there are other, bigger expenses we can't include.
Thanks!
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