Many of your moving expenses qualify as income tax deductions, if your move is closely related to a job transfer or a new job at least 50 miles further from your old home than the old one was. Also eligible are members of the armed forces with a permanent change of station.

You may deduct for only a single one-way trip, the move itself. Expenses that qualify are:

1. Packing, crating, and transporting household goods and personal effects for your whole household

2. Mileage for use of your own car in moving goods, yourself or members of your household (or alternatively, actual gas and oil expenses).

3. Tolls and parking fees paid during the trip

4. Storing and insuring household goods and personal effects for 30 days

5. Disconnecting and connecting utilities

6. Shipping cars or pets

7. Transportation and lodging (but not meals) for yourself and members of your household while traveling to the new home

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