Application Process: Tax deduction?

[Sigma]

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As the end of the year approaches, I'm frantically getting all my little pieces of paper together for the gub'ment payday.

Since you all have been through the app process, I was wondering if anyone knew if any of the app process expenses ( such as flight & hotel / app fees / missing pieces of my soul) were tax deductible.

Thanks!

 

[dsblaha]

As the end of the year approaches, I'm frantically getting all my little pieces of paper together for the gub'ment payday.

Since you all have been through the app process, I was wondering if anyone knew if any of the app process expenses ( such as flight & hotel / app fees / missing pieces of my soul) were tax deductible.

Thanks!

A big fat nope! Believe me I tried every angle. However, if you end up moving, all of your moving expenses are tax deductible.

 

[Mutterkuchen]

However, if you end up moving, all of your moving expenses are tax deductible.

Actually, this is not true either. The only way that your moving expenses are tax deductible is if your spouse quits a job in the old city and starts a new one in the new city. If you are single, you are out of luck.

 

[beriberi]

Moving expenses are tax deductible -- you don't have to be married.

This topic has been covered over and over again. Luckily, the IRS has a great seach engine. Here is the link to the appropriate document.

Also--moving expenses are an above-the-line deduction. That means you don't have to itemize to take them---almost everyone can get a few hundred (or more dollars) free of charge in April.

http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc455.html

 

[Mutterkuchen]

Moving expenses are tax deductible -- you don't have to be married.

This topic has been covered over and over again. Luckily, the IRS has a great seach engine. Here is the link to the appropriate document.

Also--moving expenses are an above-the-line deduction. That means you don't have to itemize to take them---almost everyone can get a few hundred (or more dollars) free of charge in April.

http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc455.html

Sorry beriberi, good try. I have included a quote from the website that you referenced. Med students are not moving for a job. They are moving to be a student: an unfortunate distinction that the IRS makes. Moving expenses are not tax deductible unless you have a spouse whose quits a job and starts another in the new town.


"If you moved because of a change in your job location or because you started a new job, you may be able to deduct your moving expenses if your move is closely related to the start of work. To qualify for the moving expense deduction, you must meet the distance and the time tests.

Your move will meet the distance test if your new main job location is at least 50 miles farther from your former home than your old main job location was."

 

[Paws]

I am a big tax person and I love doing my own taxes and talking to the IRS. The answer is what was posted above: you must be moving for a JOB, and there is the distance and time issue, you have to work at the job for ten months (or something like that). Call the IRS and ask them yourself if you don't believe us: 800 829-1940. I think they're even there in the evenings.