Travel Expenses - are they income to me?

[lotsatravel50]

What is the name of your state? MA

Hi!

I have an important question... In 2004 I had an apartment in PA. My work(client) is in MA. My client paid for me to
travel back and forth between PA/MA and also paid for my meal,rental car,hotel.

Midway into my contract (after July) my expenses were reimbursed differently ie. since I was on the project
more than 1 year , the reimbursements were taxable for me (to be compensated by my employer later via tax assistance)


My question is this...
For the part between Jan-July where my expenses were not taxed to me and were written off by my company, am I liable
to pay tax ?

The reason I ask is that I considered myself a MA resident by Feb 04 as I had filed some immigration paperwork from
that state. I got a MA Drivers Lic/registered my car there also. I maintained a home in PA all along 2004

IF I file MA resident tax returns for 04 am I liable to pay taxes for

a) the period between Jan-July (expenses not reported on my W2)
b) the period between July-Dec (employer reported expenses on W2 but will offer tax assistance)


I have since given up my PA apartment and live in MA. My question relates
to the period mentioned above (a)

Thanks
lotsatravel

 

[lotsatravel50]

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[abezon]

Expenses not reported on your W2 were paid under an accountable plan & are not taxable to you. Expenses included in the W2 are taxable (obviously) & you may be able to write off some of the expenses, depending on what the reimbursements were for. The tax assistance will help determine what if anything is deductible.