Real Estate Professional

If you're a real estate professional, it pays to know what tax deductions you can claim at tax time. This information will help you to work out what:

  • income and allowances to report
  • you can and can't claim as a work-related deduction
  • records you need to keep.

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Deductions you can claim

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You can claim a deduction when you are:

  • Driving between separate workplaces (eg a second job)
  • Driving to and from an alternate workplace for the same employer on the same day – eg travelling between two different residential open homes.

There are limited circumstances where you can claim the cost of trips between home and work, such as where you carry bulky tools or equipment for work – eg a large ‘for sale’ sign and tools to erect it. The cost of these trips is deductible only if:

  • your employer requires you to transport the equipment for work
  • the equipment was essential to earning your income
  • there was no secure area to store the equipment at the work location, and
  • the equipment is bulky – at least 20kg or cumbersome to transport.

If you claim car expenses, you need to keep a logbook to determine the work-related percentage, or be able to demonstrate to the ATO a reasonable calculation if you use the cents per kilometre method to claim.


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You can’t claim the cost of trips between home and work, even if you live a long way from your usual workplace or have to work outside normal business hours – eg to attend a weekend auction.

To claim a deduction
for work-related expenses

You can only claim the work-related part of expenses. You can't claim a deduction for any part of the expense that relates to personal use.

You must have a record to prove it.

You must have spent the money yourself and weren't reimbursed

It must be directly related to earning your income

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