Home to work travel claims? Generally not, but sometimes…
As a general rule, travel from your home to your workplace is not allowed as a deduction because it constitutes a “private expense”. There are however…
Deductions – General
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Your car expenses claims to get the blowtorch treatment this tax time
Assistant Commissioner Kath Anderson has announced that the ATO is particularly concerned about taxpayers either making mistakes or deliberately lodging false claims in relation to…
Crackdown on “other” work related expenses, and inquiry into tax deductibility
It seems that the ATO will be taking a dim view (or dimmer, this year) of the abuse of work related expense claims for individual…
The ins and outs of “entertainment” business deductions
As a tax concept, “entertainment” can be relevant not only to fringe benefits tax (FBT), but also to income tax and even goods and services…
The ATO’s occupation-specific tax deduction guides
To save time finding out what you can or can’t include as deductions on your tax return (so you can keep records for us over…
Travel allowances and proper use of the exception to substantiate claims
A travel allowance is a payment made to employees to cover accommodation, food, drink or incidental expenses they incur when they travel away from their…