Do you spend your days caring for or supervising our future generations? Whether you’re a childcare worker, childcare assistant, nanny, kindergarten assistant or pre-school aide, you’re entitled to some attractive tax deductions that you may be unaware of, until now. Use our early childhood educator and childcare worker tax deductions guide below to make sure […]
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Claiming Work From Home Tax Deductions
If you’re an employee who works from home, you’re probably using things like your phone, internet, and electricity. These are considered work from home tax deductions that you could potentially claim on your tax return.
Retail Worker Tax Deductions: What can you claim? (With Case Studies)
Putting the spotlight on tax deductions for retail staff Retail employees like sales assistants, store managers, suppliers and buyers often ask us what tax deductions for retail they should claim on their annual tax return. If you work in a retail shop, there are a lot of tax deductions you might be able to claim. Many […]
The Backpacker Tax: What You Need to Know When Working and Holidaying in Australia
If you are taking an extended holiday in Australia, working at the same time is a popular way to see everything the country has to offer. Thousands of backpackers and holiday-makers do it every year, so you’re not alone. But while backpacking across Australia has been popular for decades, Australia’s tax rules have recently changed. […]
New to Australia? Here’s your quick guide to tax in Australia
Moving to Australia is pretty awesome, I know first hand because I did it myself some years ago. But once I’d explored some of the cool stuff and sipped a couple of beers with my toes in the sand, it was time to get back to work. And work meant getting my head around Australian […]
Tax Deductions for Cleaners: What can you claim at tax time?
Cleaners and cleaning staff can often claim a lot of tax deductions If you’re in the cleaning business and you’re not making the most of these tax deductions for cleaners, then you might lose out on a heap of cash every year. Whatever type of cleaner you are, we understand your job can be tough! […]
Tax Deductions for Factory and Warehouse Workers
Factory or warehouse workers, including most operators, packers, store persons and process workers almost always have to pay for some work-related items out of their own pockets. But in between the long hours, hard physical work and ever-increasing targets it’s amazing how many factory workers are leaving valuable tax deductions on the table (or conveyor […]
Filling the pot: Tax deductions for chefs and cooks
Tax deductions for chefs and cooks really boost your tax refund – but do you know what you can claim on your tax return? Most of us have a love affair with food, so the fabulous people who create the dishes in our favourite cafes and restaurants become our absolute heroes. So what can we […]
Hospitality tax deductions – now it’s our turn to look after you!
Who knew you could claim the sunscreen you slathered on during those open air functions last summer? Or the advanced barista course that made you the best coffee artist on the strip? We did – and that’s not all! Hospitality tax deductions put a big chunk of your hard earned cash back in your wallet […]
Tax Deductions for Business Professionals & Office workers
Office worker and business professional tax deductions is a pretty broad topic. The term business professional covers a wide range of roles, including managers, designers, supervisors, IT staff, marketing team members and pretty much anyone else who works in an office! With so many emails to read, calls to make and deadlines to meet, it’s […]
Tax deductions for office admin staff – How to boost your tax refund
This one is for all the office administrators out there; the unsung heroes of EVERY business. You are the organisers, arrangers, schedulers and geniuses who bring order and process together to make everything happen how it should. Suffice it to say, without you, the office melts into chaos. (You’ve seen your boss stare blankly at […]
Truck driver tax deductions – What you can and can’t claim
Put your taxes into a higher gear: Claim ALL the truck driver tax deductions you’re entitled to! Spending so much time away from home becomes expensive for truck drivers. Thankfully many of those expenses can be claimed as truck driver tax deductions on your annual tax return. As you would expect, maintenance and repairs of your vehicle as well as running costs […]
What can teachers claim on tax?
What tax deductions can teachers claim on tax? Like many professionals, teachers often pay for work-related expenses out of their own pockets. In most cases, these expenses turn into valuable tax deductions for teachers come tax time. For a teacher, tax deductions can significantly improve your tax refund – if you know what you’re doing. […]
Tax Deductions for Tradies – Give your refund a boost! (with Infographic)
I’m a tradie. What tax deductions can I claim? People who work in a trade such as builders, plumbers and electricians to name a few, often pay for work-related expenses out of their own pockets. And when you’re working long hours or busy meeting deadlines, it doesn’t leave you much time or energy to think […]
Pilot and Cabin Crew Tax Deductions
We explore tax deductions for cabin crew and pilots. What if there wasn’t a welcoming cabin crew with huge smiles when we board an airplane? Where would we all be without that extra pillow, hot meal, or glass of wine to ease the tedium of being squeezed into an area the size of a cat bed for hours […]
