educational tax write offs?

[oreosandsake]

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can you write off board review courses, or medical conferences?

if so, is the travel, hotel, and conference registration all deductible?

any other advice?

thanks

 

[MedBronc23]

This is a great question. Perhaps pm another post residency/fellowship senior member.

I know our program pays for one attendance trip for board review as a senior so I cannot be of much help.

I would like to know for future reference though.

 

[IamnotFreud]

can you write off board review courses, or medical conferences?

if so, is the travel, hotel, and conference registration all deductible?

any other advice?

thanks

I don't know about conferences and things like that, but board review courses, steps, etc I think are. I think they count under educational expenses, and can be tax deducted if you reach a certain threshold. I have told my CPA and he's including the expenses when he did our taxes.

 

[PMR2008]

can you write off board review courses, or medical conferences? YES

if so, is the travel, hotel, and conference registration all deductible? YES

any other advice?

thanks

Yes you can. My wife is a CPA and so are many of my close friends. I have confirmed this from multiple sources. You can find more information here.
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p970/ch03.html

 

[SportsMed09]

Don'r forget to save your receipts for car rentals, gas, eating out, etc at conferences and write them off.