School deduction

eyoung3077 — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:26:20 GMT

I am changing careers and have paid $5,760 for my tuition to a truck driving school. Is this amount deductible

Re: School deduction

MinhT1 — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:29:36 GMT

No.

Education or training to acquire new skills is not tax deductible.

Please read this IRS document for more information.

Re: School deduction

Hal_Al — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:04:43 GMT

To be eligible for the tuition credits, 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://www.savingforcollege.com/eligible-institutions

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