Question juridique clé
Whether repayment of a student loan can be deducted as professional training or retraining expenses for tax year 2001.
Solution extraite
No. The repayment was a non-deductible debt repayment, not deductible training or retraining expenses.
Motifs extraits
Training and retraining costs had to be claimed in the years when they were incurred. Repayment merely reduced the debt and did not cause a net asset loss; deductible treatment does not depend on whether the studies were financed from own funds or borrowed money.