| Tax Deductions / Education expenses
My wife is currently studying in HK on a dependant visa with no own income. For my tax return, I am entitled to "Married Persons's Allowance", but I was under the impression that I can also include her course fees into the "tax deductions for education expenses".
A friend of mine is doing exactly this.
As the IRD website and the booklet is not 100% clear about this, i gave them a call today.
I was told that only my wife could include those fees, which is imposible as she has no income and therefore does not file a tax return. The explanation I received over the phone was that only expenses to "maintain" qualifications can be included, and as she has no job, these expenses do not qualify.
My point is... the IRD guidlines clearly say that expenses for "gaining or maintaining qualifications" are deductible. And I thought it is only fair to include them, as I am paying for them with my salary.
Anybody has experience with this? Worth discussing this further with IRD? My friend says I should include it anyway, but I am not convinced that this is really a good idea...  | 
