New Employee Relocation Expenses

Historically, UNM has offered three options for new employee relocation expenses:

  1. Employee Reimbursement and PCard charges for actual moving expenses
  2. New Employee Relocation Allowances
  3. Direct payment to 3rd party vendor for moving household to new location

Due to changes created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, UNM will eliminate the first option effective May 1, 2019. 

All outstanding requests for moving expense reimbursements must be submitted in Chrome River no later than April 30, 2019.  Beginning May 1, 2019, the Moving Expense payment type and account code 38L0 will be removed from Chrome River.  PCard charges pertaining to moving expenses on or after May 1, 2019, will not be allowed.  Special exceptions to pay for house-hunting trips on PCard will no longer be allowed.

For in-process moves that are not completed by April 30, 2019, the department and/or new employee should work with the hiring officer to determine a net payout of the remaining authorized move amount via a New Employee Relocation Allowance. 

Future requests for reimbursement after May 1, 2019, must be processed via the New Employee Relocation Allowance.  Please refer to Policy 4020: New Employee Relocation Allowance (https://policy.unm.edu/university-policies/4000/4020.html) for more information.  The allowance form is available at http://www.unmrelo.com/ at the bottom of the links on the left side of the page.