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Accounting-Moving Expenses
New faculty are often provided with start-up funds by the College of Letters and Science and the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE). These funds can be used for moving expenses, as well as the purchase of a UW computer. Your appointment (offer) letter will detail if your funds have been approved for moving expenses. If moving expenses are not listed as an approved expense, you must first request approval of your funds for this use. Additionally, these funds have an end (expiration) date, usually one year. If you are unable to utilize your funds before the end date listed in your appointment letter, you can request an extension of that date.
Please contact the Department Administrator at administrator@music.wisc.edu to begin this process.
Once the process is initiated, UW Madison will provide a taxable lump sum stipend for moving expenses up to $5,500. Please note that this payment method is considered "taxable" income, and is therefore reportable at the end of the calendar year. The taxable portion is usually set at 30%.