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21 June 2018 by taxshark
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2018 tax financial year is close by and you need to be creative to get the maximum refund possible this tax return australia. While ATO is very strict this year in-relation to the work-expense claims, you can legitimately eligible to claim several deductions based on direct connection between the expense and the work. This gets interesting as many Aussies don’t know what they can claim and eventually misses out on the deductions.
To claim a deduction for work-related expenses:
- you must have spent the money yourself and not been reimbursed
- it must be directly related to earning your income
- you must have a record to prove you paid for it.
What you can claim
You can claim the cost of travelling:
directly between two separate workplaces – for example, when you have a second job (providing one of the places isn't your home)
from your normal workplace to an alternative workplace (for example, a client's premises) while still on duty, and back to your normal workplace or directly home
if your home was a base of employment – you were required to start your work at home and travelled to a workplace to continue your work for the same employer
if you had shifting places of employment – you regularly work at more than one site each day before returning home
from your home to an alternative workplace for work purposes, and then to your normal workplace or directly home. This does not apply where the alternative workplace has become a regular workplace
if you needed to carry bulky tools or equipment your employer requires you use for work and couldn't leave them at your workplace – for example, an extension ladder or a cello.
What you can't claim
You can't claim the cost of driving your car between work and home just because:
you do minor work-related tasks – for example, picking up the mail on the way to work or home
you have to drive between your home and your workplace more than once a day
you are on call – for example, you are on stand-by duty and your employer contacts you at home to come into work
there is no public transport near where you work
you work outside normal business hours – for example, shift work or overtime
your home was a place where you ran your own business and you travelled directly to a place of work where you worked for somebody else
you do some work at home.
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