For business expenses to be deductible, taxpayers must prove that the expenses are connected to their work or business and incurred in gaining or producing assessable income. Some expenses like travel require detailed proof such as diary records. Tax treatment of expenses is rarely black and white and the tax office may take a contrary view, so taxpayers should avoid overstating deductions. The document then provides examples of expenses and whether they would generally be deductible (D) or non-deductible (ND).
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Expense checklist
1. For 'D' expenses they must be sufficiently connected to your work or business activity. You must be able to prove
that connection and that you incurred the expenses: usually with written evidence such as a receipt. Some
expenses like travel expenses require more detailed proof such as diary records.
ND" expenses may be important in future if they related to investment or asset purchases because they could form
part of the cost base for capital gains tax purposes.
Tax is rarely, if ever, a black and white categorisation exercise into 'D' or 'ND'. As Beech-Jones J of The Supreme
Court of New South Wales concluded when that little battler Aussie John Symond was suing his tax advisors: an
overemphatic statement about the operation of the tax law by a competent tax advisor should always be avoided.
In other words, always remember that "the tax office may take a contrary view".
Happy deduction hunting.
Accident insurance premiums D
Accountant’s fees for preparing returns D
Accrued leave entitlements, transferred employee payments D
Advertising expenses D
Appeal costs relating to tax disputes D
Audit costs, including ATO audit D
Bad debts D
Bank charges for a business D
Bank charges if not in business ND
Bills of exchange, discount factor D
Body corporate fees on rental properties D
Borrowing expenses D over time
Bribes ND (Sorry Eddie Obeid)
Briefcases D
Buildings and structural improvements D over time
Business, cost of purchasing ND
Business operating expenses D
Business subscriptions D
Business trips, expenses of D
Capital loss (net) ND
Car expenses (non-business) ND
Car expenses (businessor work related ) D subject to log books etc
Carbon pricing D
Child minding expenses ND
Protective clothing D
Clothing generally ND
Club fees (not a fringe benefit) ND
Commissions D
Commuting to and from place of work ND
Company loss carry-back D
Competition, payment to avert ND
Computer software D
Consolidation valuation expenses D
2. Convention expenses D
Corporate wardrobes and uniforms D
Costumes D
Credit card fees used for work-related purposes D
Death or disability benefits provided by superannuation fund D
Debt/equity swaps resulting in a loss D
Depreciation of business assets D
Discontinuance of business, expenses associated with ND
Discounts or rebates on sales income D
Distributions by co-operative to members D
Dividends paid by companies ND
Donations D
Driver’s licence ND
Dues: union, professional or business associations D
Education expenses D
Election expenses: local government D
Election expenses: parliamentary D
Electricity connection costs D
Employer’s costs of share scheme D
Employment agreement expenses:
employer D
employee D
Employee’s expenses:
Clothing that can be work outside of work ND
Non slip or protective shoes D
Self-education D
Shoes generall ND
Special clothing, purchase and laundering D
Technical and trade journals D
Tools of trade D
Travel, but generally excluding to and from work D
Entertainment expenses ND
Environmental impact study expenses:
general D
mining D
Environmental protection expenditure:
general D
mining D
Equipment (work-related) D but maybe over time
Eviction proceedings against tenant ND
Excessive remuneration to relatives or associated persons ND
Exchange loss D
3. FBT payments D
FEE/HELP - payment towards fees of debts ND
Feasibility study expenses for new business ND
Feasibility study expenses for new project D
Film (Australian) investment D
Financial arrangements losses D
Fines ND
Fitness expenses
ND unless extra special fitness is
required for your job.
Fixed capital assets, cost of protecting ND
Food, personal or family requirements ND
Forestry expenses D
FOXTEL subscription ND
Fruit and nut trees, costs of ND
(unless part of new horticultural plantation)
Geosequestration expenditure D
General interest charge on tax debts D
Gift valuation fees under the Cultural Program D
Gifts: advertising or public relations D
Gifts of works of art and heritage items D
Gifts of $2 or more to prescribed donees D
Gifts: tickets to charity events D but only to a limited extent
Glasses (sun/anti-glare) D if working outdoors
Glasses generally like for reading ND
Gratuities to employees D
Grooming costs ND
GST payments ND
Guarantee payments ND
HELP payments ND
Higher qualification expenses D
Hobby losses ND
Home office expenses, unless home is used for income-producing purposes ND
Home office expenses where home is used as business premises D beware CGT on the back end
Illegal activities, expenses relating to ND
Income tax ND
Insurance company, unreported claims D
Insurance premiums (business related) D
Insurance premiums under key-person life or endowment policy ND
Interest on borrowings for employer superannuation contributions D
Interest on borrowings to finance life premiums ND
Interest on borrowings to finance personal superannuation contributions D if the contributions are D
Interest on borrowings to pay income tax D if you are in business
Interest on infrastructure borrowings ND
Interest on late lodgment of tax returns D
Interest on late payments of tax D
Interest on money used for assessable income production or purchase of income-
producing assets D
4. Interest on money used to pay HELP D if course directly work related
Interest on partner’s capital ND
Interest on underpaid tax where assessment amended D
Interest referable to home office where home used as business premises D but beware CGT on the back end
Interest withholding tax D
Investment losses D
Investment portfolio, expenses of servicing D
Land tax on business premises D
Land tax on rental property D
Late payment penalty interest D
Lease incentive payment D
Lease premiums ND
Lease preparation expenses D
Lease surrender payments ND
Lease termination payments (business) D
Leasehold improvements ND
Leave accrued but unpaid ND
Leave payments made by employer D
Legal expenses:
Proceedings affecting future income-earning D
Relating to borrowing or mortgage discharge D
Tax advice costs D
Legal expenses re capital purchases like investment properties ND
Legal expenses, personal:
Home purchase ND
Custody application ND
Obtaining divorce ND
Will preparation ND
Leisure facility expenditure ND
Lessee’s legal expenses in defending lessor’s attempted termination of lease ND
Lessor’s or lessee’s payment to secure early termination of non-business lease ND
Lessor’s or lessee’s payment to secure early termination of business lease D
Living-away-from-home allowance expenses D
Loss carry-backs D
Losses of certain former bankrupts ND
Losses (company) of current year D
Losses (trust) of current year D
Losses on isolated business transactions D
Losses: previous years D
Losses (trust) of previous years D
Losses through theft or misappropriation D
Losses, transferred from group company D
Low-cost items D
Luxury car lease expenses D but limited
5. Luxury car lease notional loan principal ND
Mains electricity connection D if business premises
Maintenance payments ND
Management expenses, investor D
Meal costs ND
Mining expenditure D
Modernisation of premises or plant ND but depreciable over time
Mortgage discharge expenses D for investments
Motor vehicle dealers: warranty repair costs D
Municipal rates on business premises D
Municipal rates on rental properties D
Natural disasters recovery expenses D
Net capital loss ND
Newspapers and magazines D
Overtime meal allowance expenses D if allowance received
Parking fees D
Partner’s salary ND
Partnership, interest on loans ND
Partnership, share of net losses D
Penalties and fines ND
Penalty tax ND
Petroleum resource rent tax D
Plant demolition costs ND
Plant (installed), cost of bringing to full operation ND but depreciable over time
Political parties, contributions and gifts by non-business individuals D
Political parties, contributions by business ND
Primary producers:
Agistment fees D
Breeding service fees D
Depreciation D
Droving expenses D
Electricity connection costs D
Farm management deposits D
Fertiliser D
Fodder D
Food for employees D
Grapevine establishment costs D
Hire of farm implements D
Horticultural plantation establishment D
Insecticides, weedkillers, rabbit fumigant D
Insurance premiums D
Landcare expenditure D
Lease preparation expenses D
Low-cost items D
Mains electricity connections D
Marketing and delivery expenses D
6. Motor vehicle expenses D
Newspaper (rural) expenses D
Payment to co-ops for business services D
Payroll tax D
Power, fuel, light D
Printing, stationery D
Rates and land taxes D
Rent on farm property D
Rent on residence used by employees D
Repairs D
Salaries and wages D
Seeds D
Shearing expenses D
Subscriptions to producers’ organisations D
Telephone expenses in business D
Telephone line expenses D
Timber felling deduction D
Vaccination against Q fever D
Veterinary fees D
Water facility expenditure D
Wool levy D
Workers compensation premiums D
Private or domestic expenditure ND
Professional journals: subscriptions D
Professional qualifications D
Project infrastructure costs D
Promissory notes, discount factor D
Protective clothing D
Provisions and reserves ND
Regional headquarters set-up costs D
Relocation expenses incurred by employee ND
Relocation expenses incurred by employer D
Rent collection, commission on D
Rent for business premises D
Rent referable to home office (business) D
Repair costs under warranty D
Repairs to family residence ND
Repairs to income-producing property D
Repayments from illegal activities ND
R&D expenses (notional deductions only): ND
Reserves and provisions ND
Restrictive covenants ND
Retiring allowances D
Salaries paid in business D
Self-education expenses D
Self-insurers’ provisions for workers compensation D
7. Service fees D
Shortfall interest charge D
Sickness/accident premiums D
Software expenses D
Solicitor disbursements D
Spare parts D
Sponsorship fees D
Structural improvements D over time
Student financial supplement scheme: debt repayments ND
Subvention payments ND
Superannuation contributions by:
employer D
self-employed persons and unsupported employees D
Sunscreen D for outdoor workers
Superannuation funds operating expenses D
Superannuation guarantee charge ND
Superannuation supervisory levy D
Superannuation trust deed, amendments ND
Takeover defence costs D
Tax advice costs D
Tax agents’ fees D
Tax return lodgment costs D
Technical qualifications D
Telephone expenses if work-related D
Telephone lines on primary production land D
Telephone “silent” number fee
ND unless undercover cop with a
ruling
Tender costs D
Timber depletion D
Tools, depreciation and cost of transporting and insuring D
Trade qualification ND
Trade union dues D
Trading stock D
Trading stock taken to new premises D
Travel costs of accompanying relative ND
Travel (relocation) costs paid by employer D
Travel expenses:
commuting to and from work ND
in search of employment ND
spouse accompanying taxpayer on business trip ND
Travel expenses related to business D
Traveller accommodation buildings D
Trees, carbon sink forests D
Trees, purchased in immature forest or plantation and sold standing D
Uniforms, special clothing for employees D
8. Union officials’ election fund levies ND
Vaccinations ND
Volunteer worker’s expenses ND
Water facilities D
Water rates on business premises D
Water rate on rental properties D
Work clothes, suitable for use outside work ND