You cannot deduct the following items as moving expenses.

• Any part of the purchase price of your new home.
• Car tags.
• Driver’s license.
• Expenses of buying or selling a home.
• Expenses of getting or breaking a lease.
• Home improvements to help sell your home.
• Loss on the sale of your home.
• Losses from disposing of memberships in clubs.
• Meal expenses.
• Mortgage penalties.
• Pre-move househunting expenses.
• Real estate taxes.
• Refitting carpets and draperies.
• Security deposits (including any given up due to the move).
• Storage charges except those incurred in transit.
• Temporary living expenses.

No double deduction. You cannot take a moving expense deduction and a business expense deduction for the same expenses. You must decide if your expenses are deductible as moving expenses or as business expenses. For example, expenses you have for travel, meals, and lodging while temporarily working at a place away from your regular place of work may be deductible as business expenses if you are considered away from home on business. Generally, your work at a single location is considered temporary if it is realistically expected to last (and does in fact last) for one year or less. See Temporary Assignment or Job in chapter 28 for information on deducting your expenses.

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