Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the wife's course fees for training as a Polarity Therapist are deductible retraining costs.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. Because the wife’s original profession as telegraphist had become obsolete, the training qualified as retraining tied to an objectively weighty reason and to a future gainful activity.
Extrahierte Begründung
Retraining requires that the previous profession can no longer reasonably be exercised for objective reasons such as the disappearance of the occupation. Here, the only relevant prior qualification was telegraphist training; later work as an unskilled office employee was merely a transitional activity. The new therapy training was suitable for paid employment.