Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the claimed expenses were deductible retraining costs for direct federal tax
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The expenses were not retraining costs under Art. 26(1)(d) DBG because they were aimed at a new occupational orientation rather than continuing the current profession, and the statutory conditions for an exceptional retraining deduction were not met.
Extrahierte Begründung
Retraining costs are deductible only where the need for reorientation stems from the existing occupation and the new training is narrowly linked to that occupation. The previous professional field had not disappeared, and the evidence did not show a health-required complete occupational change.