Best Tax Deductions to Claim for Couriers and Delivery Drivers
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Couriers and Delivery Drivers deliver documents, messages, mail and parcels.
Employment Profile
- Average weekly pay: $1,150
- Employment size: 97,020
- Future growth: Moderate
- Skill level High School or Certificate I
Typical tax deductions include:
- Motor vehicle travel to and from work if having shifting work places – working at more than one site each day before returning home.
- Motor vehicle travel between offices, visiting clients or for training purposes.
- Computers, tools and equipment – includes GPS, vehicle maintenance tools, etc.
- Union fees, licences, registrations and subscriptions.
- Phone and internet – work %.
- Medical checkup and drug testing fees.
- Protective clothing including safety-coloured vests or steel-capped boots.
- Sun protection costs including sunglasses and sunscreen.
- Courses, seminars and self-education expenses.
- Home office running expenses.
- Compulsory work uniform branded with the employers logo.
- Overnight travel expenses attending different workplaces.
Professional memberships.
Non-deductible expenses:
- Speeding and parking fines.
- Truck/van driving course.
Tax Strategies we can assist you with.
- Self-education expenses
- Sunglasses, sunscreens and cosmetics
- Computers, tools, equipment and other assets
- Protective clothing
- Compulsory work uniform
- Union fees, licences, registrations and subscriptions
- Phone and internet
- Motor vehicle expenses: cents per km method
- Home office running expenses
- Overnight travel expenses
Click here to see Tax Calculator for Couriers and Delivery Drivers.
Stephen is the CEO of Accountants Direct and is a Professional Director, ASIC Agent, Startup Advisor & Investor & Capital Raising Specialist.
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