Best Tax Deductions to Claim for Building Labourers
Building Labourers perform a variety of tasks related to constructing buildings or structures including digging trenches, laying foundations, building walls, plastering, etc.
Employment Profile
- Average weekly pay: $1,265
- Employment size: 66,780
- Future growth: Stable
- Skill level: High School or Certificate I
Typical tax deductions include:
- Motor vehicle travel to and from work if having either shifting workplaces (working at more than one site each day before returning home), or transporting bulky equipment.
- Motor vehicle travel between job sites, to pick up materials, or attending training courses.
- Dogs, when used at work sites to guard tools against theft. The purchase cost of the dog and training fees are not deductible as they are capital costs. In contrast, vet bills and pet food bills may qualify as a tax deduction.
- Phone and internet – work %.
- Overnight travel expenses visiting clients or attending different workplaces – includes meals and accommodation.
- Protective clothing including sun-protection clothing, safety-coloured vests, steel-capped boots, gloves, overalls, and wet weather gear.
- Compulsory work uniform branded with the employers logo.
- Overtime meals – if overtime meal allowance received under an industrial award.
- Sun protection costs including sunglasses and sunscreen.
- Union fees, licences, registrations and subscriptions.
- Courses, seminars and self-education expenses.
- Computers, tools and equipment.
- Home office running expenses.
Tax Strategies we can assist you with.
- Sunglasses, sunscreens and cosmetics
- Computers, tools, equipment and other assets
- Protective clothing
- Compulsory work uniform
- Logbook for motor vehicles
- Tax deductible dogs
- Union fees, licences, registrations and subscriptions
- Phone and internet
- Home office running expenses
- Overnight travel expenses
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