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Posted by Mark Bole on April 10, 2008, 9:44 pm
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abphr wrote:
> I moved from NC to TN in Aug 07.
> While living in TN, I had my house in NC on sale, and lived in a rented
> house in TN from Aug 07 until April 08 ( when I bought another house in TN
> and sold the one in NC).
> 1) Can I claim the rented house in TN [as well as hotels before moving into
> the house] as temporary moving accomadations, or is there a time limit on
> that (during the actual duration of the move, [how is that defined])? We
> lived in a bare apartment for about a month because we wanted to show the
> house as occupied while it was listed with a Real Estate agent.
No.
See IRS Pub 521. "You can include any lodging expenses you had in the
area of your former home within one day after you could no longer live
in your former home because your furniture had been moved."
Lodging for your direct travel from old to new home is also deductible.
-Mark Bole
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