Electricians - claiming work-related expenses

Work-related daily travel expenses

When you can make a claim

Transporting bulky tools and equipment

You can claim a deduction for the cost of transporting bulky tools and equipment between home and work if:

• you need to use them at work
• there is no secure area for storing them at your workplace.

Travelling between worksites

You can claim a deduction for the cost of trips between worksites on the same day. This includes travelling between:

• different worksites for the same employer, or
• separate places of employment.

Shifting places of employment

You can claim the cost of trips between home and work if you regularly work at many sites each day before returning home.

Example 1

Matt is an electrician who does maintenance work and uses his own vehicle. Every day he travels to several sites. He carries a large extension ladder on his roof rack, a tool box, reels of cable and boxes of switches.

Matt is entitled to a deduction for his vehicle expenses because he has shifting places of work. Matt is also entitled to a deduction because he transports bulky tools and equipment between his home and the worksite.

For more information about claiming car expenses, refer to Work-related car expenses.

Sections within Work-related daily travel expenses

• Daily travel expenses you cannot claim
• Keeping records of your daily travel expenses
• Vehicles other than cars
• Other daily travel expenses