Job expenses - lodging

Turpentine · Post by **Turpentine** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:48 pm

Hello,

This is another topic where the more you look around, the more confusing it becomes... I took a leave of absence in Canada and worked on a TN in the first six months of 2012 (different employer). This required me to have an apartment in NYC, even though I still had a house in Canada. Would the rent in NYC be eligible as a job expense (lodging) in my itemized deductions? I had not thought about the possibility initially, but then I remembered that my US contract was negotiated up to compensate me for the extra housing expense, and right now I am being taxed on this amount. Also, I cannot find based on Pub 463 anything that would disqualify this deduction, but I may be misunderstanding some aspects.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Nick

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:27 pm

It is deductible on 1040 and 1040NR, but all you are doing is raising your Cdn tax. The expenses are not eligible in canada.