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From: johnson@hplabsc.UUCP (Mark Scott Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Moving expense deductions
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 13:58:35 EST
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>> 	                                              To claim the moving
>> 	deduction, it must be applied against *taxable* income.
>Could he deduct it against the income of the job he is coming from?

	No, the moving deduction can only be claimed against the income
	from the job to which you are moving *and* that income must be taxable.

>If I have to move to take a job, [b]ut in a year or two, then quit and
>move back to whence I came, should I be able to deduct that?

	Yes, provided the income from the new job is taxable and the other
	requirements (e.g., length of stay and distance between old and
	new jobs) are meet.  The taxable status of the job from which you
	are moving is irrelevant.  I do believe, however, that you must
	actually have moved from some job.  Going from nonworking student
	to new employee is probably not a deductible move.
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Mark Scott Johnson
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