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26 USC § 82 - Reimbursement of moving expenses

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identifier: "/us/usc/t26/s82"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "26 USC § 82 - Reimbursement of moving expenses"
title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
section_number: "82"
section_name: "Reimbursement of moving expenses"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "Computation of Taxable Income"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "ITEMS SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN GROSS INCOME"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 91–172, title II, § 231(b), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 579; amended Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13213(d)(3)(A), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 474; Pub. L. 115–141, div. U, title IV, § 401(a)(34), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1186.)"
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# § 82. Reimbursement of moving expenses

Except as provided in section 132(a)(6), there shall be included in gross income (as compensation for services) any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, by an individual as a payment for or reimbursement of expenses of moving from one residence to another residence which is attributable to employment or self-employment.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 91–172, title II, § 231(b), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 579; amended Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13213(d)(3)(A), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 474; Pub. L. 115–141, div. U, title IV, § 401(a)(34), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1186.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— substituted “of moving expenses” for “for expenses of moving” in section catchline.

1993— substituted “Except as provided in section 132(a)(6), there shall” for “There shall”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to reimbursements or other payments in respect of expenses incurred after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section applicable to taxable years beginning after , except that it does not apply to moving expenses paid or incurred before , in connection with the commencement of work by the taxpayer as an employee at a new principal place of work of which the taxpayer had been notified by his employer on or before , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1969 Amendment note under .

### Moving Expenses of Members of the Uniformed Services

Withholding, reporting, inclusion within adjusted gross income, and deduction for reimbursement for moving expenses of members of the uniformed services, see , , , set out as a note under .