I know that there is not much money to be made assisting and instructing, but with the amount of money I am spending on classes and trips and equipment, it sure would be nice to deduct that from my income at tax time. I did a search and came up with nothing, so I am wondering at what point you can start taking deductions. I think that since all these classes are on the path to a "new career" or at least secondary income, that those expenses, as well as mileage for internship trips, assisting, food, lodging, etc... and equipment would be deductable. And if not now, then once a DM, AI?