With $18 billion in work-related expenses (WREs) being claimed each year, the ATO says that it will focus on occupations with a pattern of large or rising claims, as well as claims which do not fit the pattern for a particular occupation.
This year the ATO is writing to around 218,000 people employed in the following occupations:
Travel to work claims
Many building construction labourers drive a vehicle to work each day.
If they can prove they have had to carry bulky equipment then this travel becomes a deductible expense, as long as:
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation