Deductions for employee transport expenses: ATO releases draft ruling

David Sofrà & Hayley Lock review the ATO's draft ruling on deductions for employees' transport expenses.

Just before many were heading off to various end of year functions on Friday afternoon, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released Draft Taxation Ruling TR 2019/D7 Income tax: when are deductions allowed for employees’ transport expenses? (TR 2019/D7). This is a part-rewrite of a previous draft (TR2017/D6).SummaryTR 2019/D7 states the ATO’s view on when an employee’s transport expenses can be considered deductible for income tax purposes. We expect that the ATO will separately release addi...

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Authors: David Sofrà, Hayley Lock

Published Date: 16 December 2019