What gets checked
Work-related expenses
The everyday costs of doing your job are the claims most often left off a return.
Tools, equipment, protective clothing and uniforms, union fees, professional memberships, licences and registrations, phone and internet used for work. Individually small, together often not.
A registered tax agent goes through this area of your return, line by line, at no cost to you.
Tools, uniforms, licences and the costs of doing your job. Where something looks incomplete, the agent asks you about it, tells you what evidence would support the claim and only then works out whether an amendment is worth lodging.
If it is, you get the proposed position and the exact fee in writing. If it is not, you have paid nothing and you know the return was right.
Related reading: Forgot to claim a deduction on your tax return? Here is what you can do and Accepted is not the same as correct.
Eligibility and substantiation rules apply to every deduction. Refunds are not guaranteed and the ATO makes the final decision on any amendment.
Tools and equipment
Items you bought to do your job, from hand tools to a laptop. Items over the threshold are claimed over time rather than in one year, which is where many returns go wrong.
Uniforms and protective gear
Occupation-specific clothing, protective boots, high-vis, sun protection for outdoor work and the cost of laundering them.
Memberships and licences
Union fees, professional body subscriptions, trade licences and the registrations you need to work.
Think this one applies to you?
Tell us about your return and a registered tax agent will take a look. Free and nothing is lodged without you.
Refunds are not guaranteed. Untax is a referral service, not a tax agent.