Professional pilots will have the check paid for by their company.
Bulldust. That is plain
wrong - who told you that?
The company I work for has said that as this is a reissue of a
Licence that I hold, it is not in the same category as an ASIC, which I hand back to the company if I leave, or an instrument renewal, which is a proficiency check required by my employment, and written in to the award.
It will not be covered by my company. I and my 200+ colleagues at my particular company will be paying. Similar situation at most major employers at Darwin.
You may be surprised to know that we lucky professionals have to pay for lots of things off our own bats.... documents, charts, medicals, licences....
Tax deductible maybe, but even for a top income earner an expense of $200 is a real cost of >$100.