Employee Teacher Claiming Work Related Expenses

If you are an employee teacher claiming work related expenses, this information outlines some of the deductions you may be able to claim.

The work-related expenses include:

• motor vehicle
• clothing, including compulsory uniforms, protective clothing, laundry and dry-cleaning
• self-education
• other – such as phones, calculators, electronic organisers, computers and software, meals, and teaching aids

Self Education Expenses you can claim

Provided you meet one of the eligibility requirements in Are you eligible to claim? the following self-education expenses are allowable tax deductions:

• tuition fees, including fees payable under FEE-HELP (this does not includeexpenses paid under HECS-HELP)
  • FEE-HELP is a loan for eligible fee-paying students enrolled at an eligible higher education provider or Open Universities of Australia
• self-education expenses paid with your OS-HELP loan
  • OS-HELP is a loan which helps students meet airfares, accommodation and other travel expenses while undertaking some of their study overseas
• textbooks, professional and trade journals
• stationery
• photocopying
• computer expenses
• student union fees
• student services and amenities fees
• accommodation and meals, where the course requirements require you to be away from home for one or more nights
• running expenses if you have a room set aside for self-education purposes – such as the cost of heating, cooling and lighting that room while you are studying in it
• allowable travel expenses

For further information of deductions, please refer to:-

www.ato.gov.au

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