Tax deduction guides for your job
Pick your job to see what you can and cannot claim at tax time. Each guide is in plain English and checked against the ATO’s own guidance. Where a rule has a catch, we say so.
Type your job in the search box, or scroll through all the guides below.
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Split shifts, meal allowances, licences and uniforms, and the rules that catch drivers out.
What ADF members can claim when so much is issued, plus allowances, deployments and postings.
Site travel, protective gear, tools and software, memberships, study and FIFO work.
Flights, the drive to site, camp and meals, protective gear and the zone tax offset.
Gear you pay for yourself, recalls to another station, deployments, fitness and volunteers.
Layover meals, travel allowances, uniform shoes and stockings, grooming, luggage and visas.
Knives and chef's whites, uniforms and laundry, RSA renewals, overtime meals and split shifts.
Laptops, monitors and software, working from home, on-call work, travel and courses.
Practising certificates, insurance, CPD and study, law books, travel to court and clothing.
Registration and indemnity, CPD and conferences, travel, equipment and the Medicare levy.
Fob watches, scrubs and laundry, registration and agency fees, study, travel and allowances.
Working from home, phone and internet, courses, memberships and the new $1,000 deduction.
Uniforms, fob watches, registration, travel between stations, fitness and on-call rules.
Layovers, travel allowances, licence renewals, CASA medicals and loss of licence insurance.
Kit you buy yourself, training ammunition, plain clothes, the gym and the rules on each.
Your car, phone, open homes, letterbox drops, client gifts and entertainment.
Licence renewals, uniforms, laundry, firearms, guard dogs, first aid and travel between sites.
Driving between clients, taking clients out, uniforms, training, checks and sleepovers.
Classroom supplies, excursions and camps, registration, study, travel and working from home.
Tools, utes and vans, travel between sites, protective gear, tickets and apprentices.
Rest breaks away from home, meals, overtime meals, licence renewals, boots and sunglasses.
Overnight runs, meals and showers, travel allowances, licences, medicals and boots.
Can’t find your job?
We have not written a guide for every job yet. The ATO has guides for many more occupations, and the same three rules apply to every claim: you paid for it yourself and were not paid back, it relates directly to earning your income, and you have a record to prove it.
Aevum Accounting is a CPA practice and registered tax agent in Balcatta, Perth. Our director, Ben De Rosa, is a CPA and registered tax agent with more than 18 years in the industry. Book an appointment and we’ll work through your deductions with you.
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