Can I deduct my moving costs?
Enter the distance from your old and new homes to the new work or school, what the move cost and the income you earned at the new location this year.
Your estimate
What the calculator assumes.
The rules. You can claim when you move to work or run a business at a new location, or to study full time at a post-secondary school, and the new home is at least 40 km closer. The deduction is limited to income earned at the new location (for students, the taxable part of scholarships and bursaries); the rest carries forward. Costs of buying the new home count only if the old one was sold because of the move, and carrying a vacant old home counts up to $5,000. Source: CRA, line 21900.
Not included. Costs your employer paid or reimbursed, the simplified per-kilometre and meal rates, and GST/HST on the new home. Plan the move with the moving checklist and the land transfer tax with the land transfer tax calculator.