https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-claim-my-real-estate-classes-if-i-am-not-changing-careers-just-adding-another-career/01/712750#M94252 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:21:54 GMT colleenkaminsky 2019-06-06T14:21:54Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-claim-my-real-estate-classes-if-i-am-not-changing-careers-just-adding-another-career/01/712750#M94252 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:21:54 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-claim-my-real-estate-classes-if-i-am-not-changing-careers-just-adding-another-career/01/712750#M94252 colleenkaminsky 2019-06-06T14:21:54Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/no-it-is-the-same-concept-you-can-deduct-the-costs-of/01/712757#M94253 <P>No. It is the same concept.&nbsp;</P><P>You can deduct the costs of qualifying work-related education as business expenses. This is education that meets at least one of the following two tests. <SPAN><BR /> <BR /> </SPAN>- The education is required by your employer or the law to keep your present salary, status, or job. The required education must serve a bona fide business purpose of your employer. <SPAN><BR /> </SPAN>- The education maintains or improves skills needed in your present work.</P><P><I> </I><I>However, even if the education meets one or both of the above tests, it is <B>not </B>qualifying work-related education if it:</I> </P><P> </P><P>- Is needed to meet the minimum educational requirements of your present trade or business, or<SPAN><BR /> </SPAN><SPAN>- Is part of a program of study that will qualify you for a <B>new trade or business.</B></SPAN></P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:21:57 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/no-it-is-the-same-concept-you-can-deduct-the-costs-of/01/712757#M94253 Coleen3 2019-06-06T14:21:57Z