Tax Memo
Tax Research Memorandum
Lauren Smith
From: Tax Accountant, CPA
You incurred $15,000 of educational expenses over the past year in pursuit of your MBA, part of your professional development as a practicing Registered Nurse and nursing administrator. Your employer does not offer an educational expense reimbursement program, and you wish to claim these educational expenses as business expenses in order to claim greater tax deductions. You have worked in numerous administrative positions in your capacity as a nurse, and feel that the pursuit of an MBA was a clear part of your career development.
The only issue is whether or not the education you received at the expense of $15,000 can be deemed work-related education as defined and applied by the IRS, which recognizes such expenses as business expenses for employees. If the education can be deemed...
Education Expense Research Lauren Smith From: Tax Accountant, CPA Education Expenses claimed as Business Expenses Facts You incurred $15,000 in education expenses during the tax year in the course of earning an MBA from a local university. You want to deduct these expenses on your personal tax return as an employee business expense because your employer does not have an education expense reimbursement program. The issue is (1) whether the education expenses qualify as education expenses
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