Hello humans,
Tax time, what do you claim???? What can ya???
Laundry, some phone use, some internet use, of course private health, tool devaluation, sunscreen and than I'm near done.... What am I missing...........(can't claim car got a work supplied one)
Training Courses
Safety Gear, hats gloves glasses etc
Work Clothes, boots, socks
Replacement of tools (tools over $300 have to be depreciated over a number of years)
Washing Work Clothes
% of phone costs if used for work
% of Vehicle if used for work
Licences (eg electrical licence or EWP licence)
Union Fees
Donations (if your not too lousy)
Work related insurance
Last years accountant fees
Select to expand quoteRazzonater said..
Hello humans,
Tax time, what do you claim???? What can ya???
Laundry, some phone use, some internet use, of course private health, tool devaluation, sunscreen and than I'm near done.... What am I missing...........(can't claim car got a work supplied one)
Feel your pain.
Less than $300.00 to claim, using an accountant just purely to avoid the hassle. Oh, add the accountant's fee. LOL
I had an extremely wealthy relative, that used to brag to my Dad about the fact that he'd paid pretty much no tax all his life.
He's dead now, and so is my Dad, but the value of the advice of one, far exceeds that of the other.
The thing is these days accountants are really just your ATO agent, they are there to help you pay tax not help you minimize your tax.
If you find an accountant that is anything other than that don't tell anyone just be thankful.
I believe accountants get free box seats at the footy once or twice a year courtesy of the ATO 
I had lunch today with a mate that paid more tax than I earnt gross.
I made him pay for lunch.
^ That's the way it should be. 
As far as accountants go, I was audited two years in a row, about a decade ago, and came out on top, but ever since then I've had a sense of distrust that is hard to shake.
Why not target the big fish?
The best they might have gotten out of me was maybe $50.00
I hate to contemplate how many of my own tax dollars funded the audits.
If you eat lunch at your desk IE whilst your still working its deemed nourishment and can be claimed. So lunches if your smart..
Select to expand quotejbshack said..
If you eat lunch at your desk IE whilst your still working its deemed nourishment and can be claimed. So lunches if your smart..
I seriously hope you're joking JB.
If negative gearing is considered as some form of 'welfare' by morons
Would those same morons consider tax deductions as 'welfare' too?
Pretty sure negative gearing laws were intended to create more housing for the rental market, reducing the burden on state housing.
State housing is a financial cost on tax payers, technically supporting those that can't support themselves in the normal rental market.
The incentive for those able to benefit from investing in property also needed to be there, otherwise they would invest elsewhere.
Where there is huge amounts of money to be made via many rental properties, the original intent is somewhat negated, and could probably be "contained" by simply putting a fairly tight limit on how many properties can be NG'd, and encourage the super-wealthy not to write off pretty much any tax obligation.
I have no problem with the hard working person being rewarded commensurate with their endeavor.
It becomes a problem when the tax paid by the super-wealthy is less than the regular worker.
Select to expand quotep train said..
If negative gearing is considered as some form of 'welfare' by morons
Would those same morons consider tax deductions as 'welfare' too?
I am a moron.
Yes, I consider negative gearing as middle class welfare.
I don't consider a lot of tax deductions as welfare too, but some will be. I don't know why some people seem to be able to get a tax benefit from leasing a car when they don't use it for work, only getting to and from there.
As a bonafide moron, I think legitimate deductions that are for earning your income are okay, but some seem to be just a rort.
Thanks for asking.
P.S. I also use negative gearing.
Select to expand quoteFormulaNova said..p train said..
If negative gearing is considered as some form of 'welfare' by morons
Would those same morons consider tax deductions as 'welfare' too?
I am a moron.
Yes, I consider negative gearing as middle class welfare.
I don't consider a lot of tax deductions as welfare too, but some will be. I don't know why some people seem to be able to get a tax benefit from leasing a car when they don't use it for work, only getting to and from there.
As a bonafide moron, I think legitimate deductions that are for earning your income are okay, but some seem to be just a rort.
Thanks for asking.
P.S. I also use negative gearing.
Any properties in Wa FN?
My current landlord doesn't have insurance on his own property, and I'm having some difficulty with "his" neighbour over a dividing fence that blew down.
Aside from a leaking roof requiring me to move bunches of my stuff into a dry place...
For some people, money is everything, and make the life of a tennant with goodwill, difficult.
The suggestion of withholding rent payment got him pretty toey, so we'll see what happens.
Subscriptions, memberships to professional bodies, no donations if you have a chance to win something (spewin) . What about a tablet or phone handset (outright) can just say you wanted good one better than wk provided.
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Don't forget overseas trips for religious events.
Agreed.
