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@Ephesians3-14 wrote:

I have a client who has approx $20,000 in taxable moving expenses paid for by his employer. He took a job in California in late 2018 and most of his moving expenses were paid in early 2019. Turns out he got canned in the summer of 2019 (6 months in to the job!) and moved from CA back to Illinois. 

It's not clear to me what move was being reimbursed.  Was the $20K for the 2018 move from IL to CA but not reimbursed until a 2019 pay cycle?  Or was the $20K some kind of severance for the 2019 layoff move back to IL?