Real estate employees - claiming work-related expenses

How to claim your work-related daily travel expenses

How you work out your claims and what records you need to keep will depend on whether the motor vehicle you use is considered to be a car and whether you own or lease it.

To claim your daily travel car expenses see Claiming car expenses. If your vehicle is not a car, see Claiming expenses for vehicles other than cars.

Working out if your vehicle is a car

Your vehicle is considered not to be a car if it is any of the following:

• a vehicle with a carrying capacity of one tonne or more, such as a utility truck or panel van
• a vehicle with a carrying capacity of nine passengers or more, such as a minivan
• a motorcycle.

If you are doing your own income tax return, you claim your car expenses at D1 Work-related car expenses. If you use a vehicle other than a car, such as a van with a carrying capacity of one tonne or more, you claim your actual expenses at D2 Work-related travel expenses on your income tax return.

Sections within Work-related daily travel expenses you can claim

• How to claim your work-related daily travel expenses
• Claiming car expenses
• Claiming expenses for vehicles other than cars
• Leasing and hire purchase payments