Tax Deductions for Your Job Search
If you draw up a list of people’s least favorite activities, searching for a new job and filing taxes would likely be near the top. Fortunately, re-writing your resume and driving all over the state to interview can make tax day a little less unbearable, at least when it comes to how much you owe.
Job seekers – whether unemployed or looking for a better job – can write off many of the expenses that coincide with an employment search. If you are paying an employment or recruitment firm to help you find a new job or improve your personal brand, you may be able to deduct the expenses from your tax bill, according to tax preparer Jackson Hewitt.
Other tax deductible items may include travel expenses – including the cost of meals and lodging – if you’re looking for a new job in your present occupation, according to the firm. Even the cost of preparing and sending resumes is tax deductible. And if you get the job, moving expenses can be written off.
Each situation is different, but at the very least it’s worth doing a little research to see if the grind of looking for work can help you come mid-April.
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