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- From: jms@vision.sarnoff.com (Jerry Shapiro x2420)
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- Subject: Re: Education Tax Deduction
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 14:31:42 GMT
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- There is a good discussion of this in the Tax Guide for Engineers.
-
- Sounds to me like you win. My wife did this in 1989 before the Bush
- "no new taxes" tax put in that 2 1/2 % floor. She got a fellowship
- after that any way. We only saved a few hundred dollars because we the
- expenses were only slightly above the standard deduction. The IRS
- hasn't complained yet.
-
- I remember that she should still list her occupation as a manager, not a
- student. There is also this bit about a one year limitation, but that
- Tax Guide cited a case where the court ruled that unreasonable.
-
- You also might want to time when you incur deductable expenses, because
- these are all considered Unreimbursed Employee Business expenses (Form
- 2106) and are the expenses under 2 1/2 % of your income are not
- deductable.
-
- Good luck
- Jerry Shapiro
-