Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the Arts Management course costs are deductible as berufliche Weiterbildungskosten under direct federal and cantonal tax law.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The course mainly conveyed management and business administration knowledge not covered by the taxpayer's humanities education and therefore constituted non-deductible additional training.
Extrahierte Begründung
Deductible continuing education must relate to the existing and practiced profession and merely deepen or maintain existing knowledge. Here the course provided missing management skills for a new or additional qualification, not a mere continuation of the taxpayer's prior anthropological studies or occasional cultural work.