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Are the payments made ba an individual to get out of an employment contract tax deductible>

sphcpa
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I have a doctor client who paid to get out of an employment contract.  trying to determine if the payment is tax deductible.

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itonewbie
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Most of the time, that's a repayment for compensation like sign-on bonus or other types of incentives or benefits that bind the individual to serve the company with satisfactory performance for a certain period of time.  Such repayments are governed by Claim of Right and may be taken as a credit (based on difference in tax in the prior year) or I/D not subject to 2% but the amount of repayment must exceed $3,000.

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itonewbie
Level 15

Most of the time, that's a repayment for compensation like sign-on bonus or other types of incentives or benefits that bind the individual to serve the company with satisfactory performance for a certain period of time.  Such repayments are governed by Claim of Right and may be taken as a credit (based on difference in tax in the prior year) or I/D not subject to 2% but the amount of repayment must exceed $3,000.

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