Your moving expenses may be deductible
If you moved this year because of a change in your job location or because you started a new job, you may be able to deduct the reasonable expenses of moving household goods and personal effects to your new home. The expenses of traveling to the new home including lodging expenses, are also deductible. Meals, however, are not.
If the move is closely related to the start of work and you meet both
the IRS distance and time tests, your moving expenses are deductible.
Certain members of the armed forces do not need to meet the tests if
the move was due to a permanent change of station.
The move will meet the distance test if your new main job location is
at least 50 miles farther from your former home than the old main job
location. To determine whether you meet this test, use the shortest
distance of the most commonly traveled routes between these points-.
-Firsure the distance between the former residence and the new job and
then subtract the distance between the former residence and the old
job. If the result is 50 miles or more, you've met the distance test.
You'll meet the time test if you work full-time for at least 39 weeks
during the 12 months immediately following the move. If you are
selfemployed, you must work full-time for at least 39 weeks during the
first 12 months and for a total of at least 78 weeks during the first
24 months after the move. The IRS makes exceptions to the time test in
cases involving death, disability, or involuntary separation from
service.
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