What gets checked
Self-education and training
Study that maintains or improves the skills you use in your current job may be deductible. Study for a new career generally is not.
Course fees, textbooks, stationery, travel to classes and a portion of home internet used for study. The connection to your current work is the test and it needs to be documented.
A registered tax agent goes through this area of your return, line by line, at no cost to you.
Courses, seminars and materials tied to your current work. Where something looks incomplete, the agent asks you about it, tells you what evidence would support the claim and only then works out whether an amendment is worth lodging.
If it is, you get the proposed position and the exact fee in writing. If it is not, you have paid nothing and you know the return was right.
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Eligibility and substantiation rules apply to every deduction. Refunds are not guaranteed and the ATO makes the final decision on any amendment.
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Course and tuition fees
Fees you paid yourself for a course connected to your current employment.
Materials and travel
Textbooks, equipment and the cost of getting to and from the place of study.
Seminars and conferences
Industry events, professional development days and the travel to attend them.
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