C Kingsbury wrote:


I wouldn't shoot quite so fast. Depending on your employment status and
income level there are more government programs out there than even good
CPAs are often aware of. Back in 2000 the gub'mint helped me pay for night
school classes in programming at my local community college, thanks to the
"Hope Credit" or something like that. Added two simple pages (none of which
asked at all about job-relatedness) to my tax return and got me about $1000,
IIRC. I wouldn't be surprised if there are similar ways to write off flight
training, under at least some circumstances.

Absolutely, as a controller I have written off my flight training as
continuing training for ATC.