Camera is HERE or Tax Return of Smaller Magnitude

Well stupid fedex left my camera delivery ON THE DOORSTEP of our house. That's right, they left a $5000 package sitting on the doorstep. My parents want me to complain. Whether or not I do is contingent upon my laziness tomorrow. Anyway, the camera is super sweet and will be a boon to the cadre of buddies attempts at making short and feature films. Bring it on!
I got my tax forms back today. It seems that since no one at the film group knows if they are a registered educational centre, my accountant type person does not want to risk me getting audited by declaring my courses there as deductions. That makes my return $260 less than it could be, leaving me with only a meagre $600 refund. I was really banking on a much larger one... ala $1200 last year. This is going to make some other purchases take that much longer to get (ie) tripod, computer, lights, shotgun mic, boom pole). If anyone wants to contribute??!!??!!