Questão jurídica principal
Whether the costs of the eidg. dipl. Informatiker course are deductible as training/continuing-education expenses.
Decisão extraída
The course costs are deductible as Weiterbildungskosten because they objectively relate to the taxpayer’s current IT management job and serve to preserve and improve his professional position.
Fundamentação extraída
The court distinguished non-deductible education aimed at acquiring a new profession from deductible continuing education. The taxpayer already worked in IT management, had prior IT experience, and the diploma was not a condition for holding his position; the course mainly deepened existing knowledge and supported his professional standing.