Questione giuridica chiave
Whether repayment of a student loan can be deducted as professional training or retraining expenses for tax year 2001.
Decisione estratta
No. The repayment was a non-deductible debt repayment, not deductible training or retraining expenses.
Motivazione estratta
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.