deductions for adult trainingn for electrical trade

[daobb]

How can I deduct the tuition for adult training classes for the electrical trade--classes taken through th county public school system? I only have receipts for the tuition. I don't have any other forms.

[Hal_Al]

You probably can't.

 To be eligible for the tuition credits (there are currently no actual deductions), the course must be taken at "an eligible institution". The school should be able to tell you if it is an eligible educational institution. In general, an eligible educational institution is an accredited college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution, including accredited, public, nonprofit, and proprietary (privately-owned, profit-making) postsecondary institutions. Additionally, in order to be an eligible educational institution, the school must be eligible to participate in a student aid program administered by the Department of Education. If they issue a 1098-T they are probably an eligible institution.

Enter your school at the link below, to see if it's on the dept. of education list.

https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home

[MayaD]

Can you please clarify if you are self employed and want to deduct the tuition as an expense?

As self employed you can follow the steps below to deduct your training expenses:

• Log in to your account.
• Select Federal from the left menu.
• Go to Wages and Income then select Income and Expenses.
• Go to Self-employment income and expenses and click start.
• Click review next to your line of work.
• Select Add expenses for this work
• Go to Other Miscellaneous expenses and continue.
• On the next screen click start and enter the amount and description