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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. |
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Newps wrote:
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. I thought the education or training had to be "required" in order to keep your job or advance in your field. Is flight training really required by the FAA for controllers? Matt |
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Matt Whiting wrote: Absolutely, as a controller I have written off my flight training as continuing training for ATC. I thought the education or training had to be "required" in order to keep your job or advance in your field. If the training is required to keep your job it is not deductible, that statement itself is in the IRS regs. If the training is to improve yourself and your ability to do your job then it is deductible. Is flight training really required by the FAA for controllers? Not required at all. |
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Matt Whiting wrote:
Newps wrote: 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. I thought the education or training had to be "required" in order to keep your job or advance in your field. Is flight training really required by the FAA for controllers? From reading this (page 61), I'd hate to have an IRS audit and try to explain how flight training is directly related to increasing your skills as a controller, since I don't believe flight training is any part of the ATC curriculum. Matt |
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Matt Whiting wrote: From reading this (page 61), I'd hate to have an IRS audit and try to explain how flight training is directly related to increasing your skills as a controller, since I don't believe flight training is any part of the ATC curriculum. Flight training is a slam dunk simple example at increasing my skills as a controller. We had an entire training program that let controllers ride in the jumpseats of airliners, air taxis, etc. |
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