$600 -interesting ...I can remember when the cheapest SYD-BNE-SYD fares were around $600.
$600 -interesting ...
In 1984 a "Super Apex" return MEL-SYD fare was $208.
In the mid to late 90's for work the standard B or Y fares MEL/SYD that I travelled for work on were $500+.
One could say welcome to reality
we are too used to paying peanuts for flying distances that are so vast...unrealistically low pricing was never going to stay.
Perhaps you are right.JohnK has posted before that, due to some advice he has received, he does not claim any of his weekly travel as a tax deduction.
I have tried to enlighten him that he might legally be able to claim at least some of it - to no avail.
Mel-SYD is also one of the busiest routes in the world, so the argument of lack of volume doesn't gel either. How come LCC carriers in the US and Europe can offer prices way cheaper than what we get here?.
Perhaps you are right.
In the main I am a PAYE employee who works in Brisbane. The ATO does not care that I base myself in Sydney. The company does not want to help in the slightest. Why not include a yearly travel allowance in the annual salary? Why not include other benefits? Because they do not care.
I can remember when the cheapest SYD-BNE-SYD fares were around $600.
$600 -interesting ...
In 1984 a "Super Apex" return MEL-SYD fare was $208.
In the mid to late 90's for work the standard B or Y fares MEL/SYD that I travelled for work on were $500+.
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Are you sure about that?
I would speak to a well qualified accountant.
Travel is part of your work/job. It is therefore a business expense and thus can be claimed. What about your accommodation up in BNE for the week you are there?
Medhead does similar (ADL-SYD) weekly. Maybe ask him?
But travelling to and from ones place of business to a work site can be. (Even then there are specific criteria.)Travel to and from work is not a deductible expense.
But travelling to and from ones place of business to a work site can be. (Even then there are specific criteria.)
This has been discussed before, both online and in person. I have given up.
Travel to and from work is not a deductible expense.
Absolutely true, however the post suggested that the SYD-BNE-SYD travel was more a commute to and from work by personal preference instead of work related travel, for which i would expect the company to pay for every time.
Are you sure about that?
I would speak to a well qualified accountant.
Travel is part of your work/job. It is therefore a business expense and thus can be claimed. What about your accommodation up in BNE for the week you are there?
Medhead does similar (ADL-SYD) weekly. Maybe ask him?
Travel to and from work is not a deductible expense.
Of I was flying weekly in such a manner I would have by now formally restructured my situation to at least allow part of the travel be deductible - both at the GST input credit and expenses levels.
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Travel to and from work is not a deductible expense.
I would have to setup a business, have some income in Sydney, pay more to do tax returns and put myself under more scrutiny when the ATO sees that I actually work full time in Brisbane and have no other income.Of I was flying weekly in such a manner I would have by now formally restructured my situation to at least allow part of the travel be deductible - both at the GST input credit and expenses levels.
Of I was flying weekly in such a manner I would have by now formally restructured my situation to at least allow part of the travel be deductible - both at the GST input credit and expenses levels.
Travel between 2 places is not
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/itaa1997240/s25.100.htmltravel between workplaces if one of the places you are travelling between is a place at which you reside.
Good luck with that, its expressly stated in the act that travel between two workplaces is only for work so long as you dont reside there: