Best Tax Deductions to Claim for Painters
Painters apply paint, varnish, wallpaper and other finishes to protect, maintain and decorate surfaces of buildings and structures.
Employment Profile
- Average weekly pay: $1,150
- Employment size: 50,295
- Future growth: Stable
- Skill level: Certificate III or IV
Typical tax deductions include:
- Motor vehicle travel to and from work for employees with shifting workplaces (who regularly work at more than one site each day before returning home) or transport bulky equipment.
- Motor vehicle travel between job sites, to pick up materials, or attend training courses.
- Computers, tools and equipment.
- Phone and internet – work %.
- Dogs, when used at worksites to guard tools against theft. The vet bills and pet food bills may qualify as a tax deduction.
- Overnight travel expenses visiting clients or attending different workplaces – includes airfares, meals and accommodation.
- Protective clothing including sun-protection, safety-coloured vests, steel-capped boots, gloves, overalls, and wet weather gear.
- Overtime meals – if overtime meal allowance received under an industrial award.
- Sun protection costs including sunglasses, sunscreen and cosmetics.
- Union fees, licences, registrations and subscriptions.
- Courses, seminars and self-education expenses.
- Home office running expenses.
Tax Strategies we can assist you with.
- Self-education expenses
- Sunglasses, sunscreens and cosmetics
- Computers, tools, equipment and other assets
- Protective clothing
- 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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