| You can deduct moving expenses without having to | | | | was necessary for you to gain full time employment, |
| itemize, as long as those moving expenses are | | | | which is the criterion of the tax deduction in the first |
| incurred for moving because of the start of work, | | | | place. You need not, however, work for the same |
| duration of work, or distance related to work. Among | | | | employer during that time and the thirty-nine weeks do |
| your deductions, you can include lodgings, the actual | | | | not have to run consecutively. If you do change |
| costs of moving goods, and storing of goods. | | | | employers after the move, it would be good if the new |
| Your move to a new residence must take place within | | | | employer were located in the same relative |
| twelve months of beginning a new job. If it takes you | | | | geographical area. |
| longer than twelve months to move to a new | | | | Moving for reasons of employment is the central |
| residence in regard to a new job, you do not qualify | | | | criteria of this tax break. You should not attempt to |
| for the tax break. | | | | take advantage of this deduction if you have moved |
| You must be moving at least fifty miles from your old | | | | for any other reason, because the qualifications for |
| residence in order to start a new job for you to qualify | | | | deduction are complex. |
| for the moving credits. So, if you drove ten miles to | | | | This is a good opportunity for you if you have had to |
| work everyday from your old residence, that | | | | face a move because of starting a new job. The |
| commute must be increased by at least fifty miles in | | | | expenses of such an undertaking can be very |
| order for you to meet the qualification requirements. In | | | | debilitating to a budget, especially a budget that has |
| this example, your new commute from your old home | | | | recently suffered from the trials of unemployment. If |
| would have to be at least sixty miles for you to qualify. | | | | you couple this deduction, for which you do not have |
| You must be working full time within thirteen weeks of | | | | to itemize, with the deductions available to job hunters, |
| your move and you must be a full time employee for | | | | for which you do need to itemize, you could greatly |
| at least thirty-nine weeks out of the year during which | | | | reduce your tax liability during a period of time when it |
| you moved, in order to qualify for the moving tax | | | | is much needed. |
| deductions. This restriction is to ensure that the move | | | | |