Question juridique clé
Whether LL.M. study costs were deductible continuing-education expenses for federal income tax.
Solution extraite
No. The LL.M. was a non-deductible additional education / career-advancement expense, not a continuing-education cost.
Motifs extraits
The program conveyed new legal knowledge and improved career prospects; it was full-time abroad, expensive, not tied to the existing job, and followed by a move to larger firms and later in-house work. Such costs fall outside Art. 26 Abs. 1 lit. d DBG and are not merely updates within the existing profession.