Moving hot tub from NY to UT

[JoyfulNoise]

My company is paying for the move.

I'd hate to be the guy in the finance department that's gotta present that receipt to their boss and explain why their new employee moving budget just got blown out of the water

And just to make the statement (you may or may not know this and/or your tax preparer may or may not know this) -

1. Moving expenses paid by the employee from their personal funds are no longer tax deductible;
2. Employers can only write-off moving expenses ONLY IF the payment for this moving expenses goes to the employee through their W-2 wages and income.

Therefore, be very careful how moving expenses are treated or else your taxable W2 wages could increase for the year and your tax liability could be higher. If your new employer is going to pay for everything and not transfer any money to you ... that's great. But that means they will be paying these expenses out of their revenue and the company will not be able to claim them as a loss against revenue (deduction). So, you either have a very AWESOME new employer and they must desperately want you to work for them ... OR ... their accounting department is going to find a "creative solution" for how to deduct your moving expenses from their taxes ... fine by me, they can sit down with the IRS Auditors and explain their creativity to 'da man...

 

[phonedave]

Thank you! Good tips

Stupid question: what's Hotshot and LTL?

LTL is less than load. It is when whatever you are shipping is less than a full trailer load. Most of the time it gets aggregated with other stuff to make up a full load and then the truck makes multiple stops. Sometimes residential deliveries are also LTL. My new above ground pool came on an LTL truck with a liftgate. I was something like stop 12 out of 20.

Hotshot truckers are independent truckers with their own equipment. 99% of the time it is not a commercial truck (from the DOT standpoint) so they do not need a CDL. (They are commercial from a registration and insurance standpoint). Think an Ford F-250 or F-350 with a trailer, may be a bumper pull or a fifth wheel. They run all sorts of trailers, auto carriers, flatbeds, dry van, etc. Most of the time they are moving just one small load at time. So you could find one (through a broker) that meets your needs. Either an enclosed trailer, or if your tub is wrapped well, a flatbed, that will basically drive it point to point for you.

Loading it is going to be the trick. If you go LTL it will likely need liftgate service, which you are going to pay extra for and have to schedule. It will also likely go through a couple of cross docks on the way out there, necessitating moving it from truck to truck (more opportunity for damage).

Hotshots usually have lower trailers. Some have tilts, some have ramps. It is a matter of finding a person with the right setup. Then you could put the tub on dollies to get it loaded / unloaded.

Something like the picture at the top of this site.

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