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If you get a signing bonus that you pay taxes on, then have to return part of it the following year, do you get to deduct it from taxes?


Yes, as long as the amount you repaid exceeds $3,000.

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p525#en_US_2020_publink1000...


I stayed over 5 years, so I never had to repay any bonus. I can't be sure what the tax implications would be of it, but based on what I know about taxes (more than most, less than an expert) I suspect it would count against your taxable income in the year when you had to pay it back.




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