Yes, you will be able to claim a deduction for these business education costs.
According to the IRS, for work-related education to be
deductible, your expenses must be for education that (1) maintains or
improves your job skills or (2) your employer or a law requires it to keep your
salary, status, or job. However, even if the education meets either of these
tests, the education cannot be part of a program that will qualify you for a
new trade or business or that you need to meet the minimal educational
requirements of your trade or business
If your education
expenses could be considered job-related, then you would be able to claim a
deduction as un-reimbursed job-related expenses. These are deductible miscellaneous expenses that are subject to a 2% AGI
limitation and are only deductible if you itemize.
To
enter employee job related expense information in TurboTax, log into your tax
return (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here and click on "Take me to my
return")
- Once you are in your tax
return, click on the “Federal Taxes” tab
- Next click on “Deductions and
credits”
- Next click on "jump to
full list" or “Show me all tax breaks"
- Scroll down the screen until
to come to the section “Employment Expenses”
- Choose "show more",
then Job-related expenses and follow the onscreen instructions
- Say "yes" to
question "Did you have any of these expenses in 2016 for your W-2
income?" under the screen titled "Employment Expenses Related to
a W-2".
- after about 6 to 10
question screens, you will get to a screen titled "Any Other
Expenses" you can put this information here
