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Can I claim moving expenses when I moved from Nunavut to Ontario for retirement (not employment)?

 
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Can I claim moving expenses when I moved from Nunavut to Ontario for retirement (not employment)?

As per CRA, you can claim moving expenses you paid in the year if both of the following apply:

  • you moved to work or to run a business, or you moved to study courses as a full-time student enrolled in a post-secondary program at a university, a college, or another educational institution
  • you moved at least 40 kilometres closer to your new work or school

For more information, you can see the link below:

Can you claim moving expenses? 

 

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Can I claim moving expenses when I moved from Nunavut to Ontario for retirement (not employment)?

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Unfortunately, as seen below, moving expenses cannot be claimed for a retirement move.

 

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) allows you to deduct moving expenses if you qualified for both:

  • Changing your occupation, starting a business, or enrolling full-time in a school as a full-time student at a university, a college, or another educational institution
  • At least 40 kilometers from the new place of work or business is your new home that you established

The following links provide more information:

TurboTax article: When and How You Can Claim Moving Expenses in Canada

TurboTax article: Who Can Claim Moving Expenses?

TurboTax article: What Types of Expenses Can You Claim?

TurboTax article: How Do You Claim the Expenses on Your Tax Return?

CRA link: Can you claim moving expenses? 

 

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