Choice "C" is correct. The moving expense deduction is allowable only for direct moving expenses: (i) travel and along-the-way lodging of the taxpayer and the taxpayer's family and (ii) transportation, to the new location, of the taxpayer's household goods and personal effects. Deductible expenses must be reduced by the amount of employer reimbursements not properly included on IRS form W-2. No longer is there a deduction for either (i) temporary living expenses at the new location or (ii) along-the-way meal expenses.
Moving the household goods | $ 2,000 |
Lodging on the way to Atlanta | 100 |
Less: employer reimbursement not included on IRS form W-2 | (2,000) |
Deduction (adjustment) for (towards) AGI | $ 100 |
Choices "d", "b", and "a" are incorrect per the above rule: The $400 temporary living expenses in Atlanta and the $40 meal expense are not deductible.