Pro se takes on the IRS and wins and wins big.

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Nikki

Re: Pro se takes on the IRS and wins and wins big.

Post by Nikki »

Irrespective of all the spin regrding a poor little pro se beating the big bad IRS and breaking new ground, the Tax Court Decision says something quite different.

She wasn't the first MBA student to get her tuition expenses deducted, so she didn't break any new ground at all.

Judge Goldberg carefully went point-by-point through the relevant law. He cited several similar cases (some where the tuition was allowed and some where it wasn't) and determined, based on the facts at hand, that her situation most closely resembled situations where the tuition was allowed.

The Wall Street Journal needs to do better fact checking.
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