Changing jobs? You may be able to deduct some of your job hunting costs. Here are the guidelines:

• Same Occupation.  Your expenses must be for a job search in your current line of work.
• Résumé Costs.  You can deduct the cost of preparing and mailing your résumé.
• Travel Expenses. To deduct the cost of the travel to and from the area, the trip must be mainly to look for a new job. You may still be able to deduct some costs if looking for a job is not the main purpose of the trip.
• Placement Agency. You can deduct some job placement agency fees you pay to look for a job.
• First Job.  You can’t deduct job search expenses if you’re looking for a job for the first time.
• Work-Search Break.  You can’t deduct job search expenses if there was a long break between the end of your last job and the time you began looking for a new one.
• Reimbursed Costs.  Reimbursed expenses are not deductible.
• Schedule A.  You usually deduct your job search expenses on Schedule A. You can deduct the total miscellaneous deductions that are more than two percent of your adjusted gross income.

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