When can you deduct your moving expenses on your income tax return?

Your moving expenses may be tax deductible if you meet the following two conditions:

1. You moved in order to hold a job, practice a profession, operate a business, or attend an educational institution where you were enrolled full-time in a post-secondary program;
2. You moved at least 40 kilometres closer to your place of study or new place of work.

Deductible expenses include most of the usual moving expenses, such as:

• movers;
• truck or trailer rental;
• the cost of transporting and storing your belongings;
• travel expenses (accommodation, meals, vehicle) to get to your new place of residence;
• the cost of maintaining your former vacant home (maximum $5,000) after you move and during a period in which serious efforts have been made to sell it;
  expenses related to the sale of your home (advertising, commission paid to the real estate broker);
• the cancellation of your lease;
• costs related to the purchase of your new home, provided the old residence has been sold (legal fees, commission paid to a real estate broker, transfer duties);
• costs to update your legal documents (wills, mandates).

Keep in mind:
Even students who move for summer employment are eligible. Note that only expenses related to a move within Canada are deductible.

Do you have questions?

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