You forgot the standard disclaimer:
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There is a guide for airline employeeson the ATO website.
Be careful when preparing your own tax: there are a lot of allowances that you consider "work related" but the ATO does not.
For example, training for a qualification for your current job is deductible - DG renewal, CIR renewal etc - but training for a qual that wins a
new job - eg: endorsements - might not be (I think a Pornstar or Virgin pilot won a case about his endo?)
There is a standard maximum amount you can claim for your technical journals without receipts
There is a maximum mileage you can claim for work-related travel expenses without keeping a vehicle logbook
There is a remote area tax rebate (Zone allowance) which the tax office works out based on your postcode, I think, unless you tell them otherwise
Essentially it is all so complex and convoluted that you need to get an accountant just to be sure you're legal!
...and if your accountant is anything like mine, he will sling it to the junior guy who doesn't know jack about
work, let alone
YOUR work, cos he's only been out of school 5 minutes and has never even done a tax return for himself, and
THEN his boss will charge you $180 even though you had to go through it with a fine tooth comb and ring the kid back and take half an hour...
TWICE... to explain what is, and isn't, self-education and what is, and what isn't, a work-related expense for a pilot.
