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ATO should revise work-from-home travel expense eligibility: TSA

The Tax Office earlier this month warned that travel expenses cannot be claimed by those working from home, but because the home has become the office for swathes of Australian workers, the principle has been flipped “on its head”, says one tax expert.

ATO should revise work-from-home travel expense eligibility: TSA
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ATO should revise work-from-home travel expense eligibility: TSA

As a large proportion of Australia’s workforce continues to work from home, the Tax Office needs to revisit the way it treats travel expenses for taxpayers whose homes have become their offices, according to John Jeffreys, tax counsel at Tax & Super Australia. 

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