Claiming back tax on training
Can the cost of professional training be offset against your income tax when you start working as a pilot?
The reason I ask is that like most of the people reading this forum I'm going to be left with a rather large debt when have my shiny new fATPL and so I'm thinking of ways to alleviate the financial burden.
Im sure in the days of old when airlines sponsored cadets, the training costs incurred were considered company expenses. So in this day and age when we're all paying lots of money for our training (most of it borrowed) surely we should be allowed to offset this against the income tax we would pay as soon as we have our first flying jobs?
Has any one tried this getting anything back and if so with what success?