What s new for 2018 19 the fixed rate for heating cooling and lighting in your home office is now 52 cents per hour.
Home office expenses per hour. No deduction is allowed where no additional costs are incurred e g. The home office expenses calculator helps you work out the amount you can claim as a tax deduction for home office expenses for the previous six income years. You can use a fixed rate of 52 cents per hour for home office expenses for heating cooling lighting and the decline in value of furniture instead of keeping details of actual costs. You work in a room where others are watching tv or the income producing use of the home is incidental e g.
If you re an employee who works from home you may be able to claim a deduction for home office expenses. The australian taxation office ato is introducing a new method which will allow people to claim 80 cents per hour for all their running expenses rather than needing to calculate costs for. Advertisement the updated ps la 2001 6 now reflects the change. You just need to keep a record of the number of hours you use the home office and multiply that by 52 cents per hour.
Proving deductions for home office expenses mobile phones and internet. Years from 1 july 2001 to 30 june 2004 the rate is 20 cents per hour. This where the ato allows a flat rate of 52 per hour to cover home office expenses for heating cooling lighting and and the value of furniture without the need to keep details of actual costs. 45c per hour would not be allowed for a fax machine permanently left on to receive documents.
Under this method you can also include the decline in value of office equipment such as computers and faxes but not furniture. Australian tax office rate per hour. Working from home which home office expenses are deductible. Business income tax using your home for the business.
You can choose to use this rate if you. As an alternative to keeping such records you can use a fixed rate of 52 cents per hour for each hour that you work from home to allow for home office expenses. There is a new way to calculate expenses like insurance and power based on the average cost of utilities per square metre of housing. Using this method you can claim 80 cents per hour for each hour you work from home during the period 1 march to 30 june 2020.
Ato rate per hour method.