ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) (02/01/86)
Educational expenses are generally not tax-deductible, unless they are necessary for your PRESENT job (and not just to get a better one). Thus, even if a PC were considered an educational expense, it wouldn't help.
hogge@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU (02/04/86)
>Educational expenses are generally not tax-deductible, unless they >are necessary for your PRESENT job (and not just to get a better one). >Thus, even if a PC were considered an educational expense, it wouldn't help. I think I can argue that expenses for my Masters degree are deductable. I went on leave from TI in order to improve my (then current) job skills--not to seek a better job. But you have stressed the word PRESENT in your reply. I guess that being on-leave might not cut it in court. However, then I could argue that all educational expenses are required for my present job as a research assistant. (You have to go to school in order to keep your RA.) I would be interested in any views on this arguement, plus any facts on special restrictions on computer writeoffs for education. --John