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