Expenses for a Master's degree in architecture following a Bachelor's degree are deductible as income-related expenses. This is the "Tax Ruling of the Year 2009" from the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), which can trigger high tax refunds for both self-employed and employed architects and engineers, going back to 2002 at the most. This is pointed out by "Wirtschaftsdienst Ingenieure& Architekten" in its current November issue.