Accountant’s Law School Tuition Was Not a Deductible Expense
The United States Tax Court, declining to reconsider the validity of reg.section 1.162-5(b)(1), held that an accountant who prepared returns and provided other financial services for clients couldn’t deduct his tuition and fees for law school, finding that law school qualified him for a new trade or business as described in the regulation.
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EMMANUEL A. SANTOS,
Petitioner
v.
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
Respondent