41 CFR § 302-17.4 - Where to file relocation expenses for State taxes.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s302-17.4"
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title: "41 CFR § 302-17.4 - Where to file relocation expenses for State taxes."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-17.4"
section_name: "Where to file relocation expenses for State taxes."
chapter_number: 302
chapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES"
part_number: "302-17"
part_name: "17—TAXES ON RELOCATION EXPENSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5724b; 5 U.S.C. 5738; E.O. 11609, 36 FR 13747, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 586."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "302-17"
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# 302-17.4 Where to file relocation expenses for State taxes.

In most cases, the State tax return for the State an employee is leaving should reflect the reimbursement or allowance, if any, for househunting expenses and the reimbursement or direct payments to vendors for real estate expenses at the home the employee is leaving. All other taxable expenses should be shown as income on the tax return filed in the State into which the employee has moved. However, the employee and the agency must carefully study the rules in both States and include everything that each State considers to be income on each of the state tax returns.