How to enter Form 3903 Moving Expenses

1. Go to the section, Deductions, and then go to the screen, Moving Expenses (3903).
2. Select whether the Form 3903 applies to the Taxpayer, Spouse, or Joint.
3. Enter the Miles from old home to new work place and the Miles from old home to old work place. The program uses these amounts to perform the distance test for Form 3903. To meet the distance test, the taxpayer's new principal work place must be at least 50 miles farther from the old home than the taxpayer's old work place.
4. Enter the actual cost of moving and storing household goods and personal effects in Transportation and Storage of Goods. Include amounts reimbursed to the taxpayer if they are not included on Form W-2 as wages. This amount prints on Form 3903, line 1.

Note: If the taxpayer is claiming only storage costs for a move outside the U.S. in an earlier year and the amount paid by the employer is included in Form W-2, box 1, leave this field blank and enter the storage fees paid by the taxpayer in the field, "Storage Fees (during absence from U.S. only)".

5. Enter any Lodging and Travel expenses excluding meals.

Note: Form W-2 box 12 amounts entered with code P in the screen, Wages, Salaries, Tips, (W-2), are carried to Form 3903 automatically. To override the program's automatic calculation of these reimbursements from Form W-2 input, enter an amount in the field,  Reimbursements Not Included in Wages [Override] in the screen, Moving Expenses (3903). If these reimbursements exceed the current year moving expenses, the excess carries to the wages line of Form 1040.