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CAR EXPENSES

  • You can claim a deduction when you are travelling between separate workplace (eg a second job or travelling to and from an alternate workplace for the same employer to attend a meeting at a different office.)
    You need to keep a record of your work-related car expenses using the logbook or cents per kilometre methods.

  • You can’t claim the cost of normal trips between home and work, even if you are on-call or have to work outside normal business hours.
    This includes parking fees and tolls.
    If you salary sarifice your car this means your employer is covering the costs and you cannot claim a deduction.

HOME OFFICE EXPENSES

  • You can claim a percentage of the running costs of your home office if you have to work home, including depreciation of office equipment, work-related phone calls & internet access charges, electricity for heating, cooling & light costs.
    If you keep a diary of your home office usage, you can calculate your claim quickly using the Home office expenses calculator.

  • You can’t claim the cost of rates, mortgage interest, rent and insurance.

TO CLAIM A DEDUCTION FOR WORK‑RELATED EXPENSES

You can only claim the work‑related part of expenses. You can’t claim
a deduction for any part of the expense that relates to personal use.

  • You must have a record to prove it

  • You must have spent the money yourself and weren’t reimbursed

  • It must be directly related to earning your income

CLOTHING EXPENSES

  • You can claim a deduction for the cost of buying, hiring, mending or cleaning certain uniforms that are unique and distinctive to your job, or protective clothing that your employer requires you to wear.

  • You can’t claim a deduction for the cost of buying or cleaning plain cloting worn at work, even if your employer tells you to wear it (eg a business suit).

SELF-EDUCTATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • You can claim a deduction for self-education expenses if your course relates directly to your current job (eg human resource training for a manager).

  • You can’t claim a deduction if your study is only related in a general way or is designed to help get you a new job (eg a health and wellbeing course).

OTHER COMMON DEDUCTIBLE WORK-RELATED EXPENSES

  • As long as the expense related to your employment,
    you can claim a deduction for the cost of:

    • Seminars and conferences
    • Technical or professional publications
    • Union and professional association fees.

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