Here’s what you can (and can’t) claim on your tax return
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief
Flight attendants can claim back the cost of rehydrating moisturiser. Nurses can claim for stethoscopes, and tradies for steel-capped boots.
But as tax time looms for more than 14 million workers, the ATO has warned taxpayers against dodgy deduction claims and copying and pasting lodgement details from previous years.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
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