Find out what types of relocation expenses are reimbusable for eligible UC Merced employees.
Please make sure to expand each section to ensure that your employee is eligible for reimbursement for the different types of allowable expenses.
Payment of expenses is only possuible when a reloction has been approved by the appropriate authority, costs are deemed reasonable and necessary, incurred during the employee's ove and properly supported by original invoices and receipts.
See the overview for more information on which policy applies to the new employees. Relocation expenses may be eligible for payment or reimbursement but due to IRS regulations, al lmoving expenses are considered taxable.
Transportation of househoold goods
Eligible:
- Senion Management Group (SMG)
- Managers and Senior Professionals (MSP)
- Professional and Support Staff (PSS)
- Academic Employees
- Postdoctoral Scholars
Conditions:
- The appointee/employee must own the household effects at the time of the move
- Household goods and personal effects are limited to one household move per appointee/employee
- Move must be completed within one year of the date an appointee/employee first reports to the new job.
- Household items do not include:
- Animals (except for household pets) or costs associated with the kenneling of pets
- Motorized recreational vehicles, including boats, kayaks, airplanes, camping vehicles, snow machines, or jet skis
- Plants
- Canned, froen, or bulk foodstuffs
- Belonging that are not the property of the appointee's/employee's immediate family
- Building materials of any kind, farm equipment, and firewood
Addtional conditions for Senior Management Group (SMG)
- Assembly and disassembly of unusual items such as swing sets, swimming pools, satellite dishes, hot tubs, and storage sheds
- Expenses related to moving professional/scholarly books, records, and equipment, including laboratory supplies, must be documented separately.
