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My husband completed a live online training course for sales engineering via Careerist. Would this be deductible as an education expense?

 
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Vanessa A
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My husband completed a live online training course for sales engineering via Careerist. Would this be deductible as an education expense?

It does not appear as though Careerist is listed as an eligible educational institution.  In order to claim the Lifetime learning credit must be enrolled in an eligible educational institution. 

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Hal_Al
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My husband completed a live online training course for sales engineering via Careerist. Would this be deductible as an education expense?

Regular W-2 employees are no longer (since 2018) allowed to deduct job expenses, including education. If you're self employed, you can deduct the cost, as a business expense, on schedule C.

If the courses were taken at a recognized college or vocational school (educational institutions eligible to participate in the student aid programs administered by the Department of Education),  you can, instead,  take the Lifetime Learning Credit (but not the American Opportunity credit).

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

https://www.savingforcollege.com/eligible-institutions

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