are relocation reimbursements taxable
â¢ Taxable relocation expense reimbursements will be included as taxable wages in box 1(Wages, tips and other compensation), 3(Social Security Wages), 5(Medicare Wages), and 16(State Wages, tips, etc .) of the employee's W-2. Appropriate taxes will be withheld from the reimbursement. NON-TAXABLE-relocation reimbursement expenses that are non-taxable must first pass an initial test. The relocation expenses are non-taxable if they are closely related to the start of work at a new job location and they meet both the DISTANCE and TIME tests.