Tax
May 26, 2016
Can you deduct your law school tuition?
Most lawyers do not try to deduct their law school tuition or expenses, and a recent case shows why that's a good thing. By Robert W. Wood
Robert W. Wood
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Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
Most lawyers do not try to deduct their law school tuition or expenses. That is good, since the normal Internal Revenue Service rule is that educational expenses that qualify you for a new career are not tax deductible. But that does not prevent people from trying, as a recent Tax Court case demonstrates.
Most of the case law about attempts to deduct graduate degrees seems to involve MBAs. Obviously, an MBA is a li...
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