School Principal deduction checklist
Start with these high-intent expense areas. Each one still depends on your current duties, who paid, private use and the records you hold.
Leadership training, conferences and self-education
Courses, seminars and conferences may qualify when they maintain or improve skills used in your current school leadership role. Study that qualifies you for a new occupation generally does not.
Evidence: Keep invoices, agendas, course outlines, attendance records and a note connecting the learning to your current duties.
Check this expenseRegistration, union and professional membership fees
Annual registration renewals, union fees and relevant professional memberships may qualify when they relate to your current employment. Initial entry costs can be treated differently.
Evidence: Keep renewal notices, membership statements and payment confirmations, with reimbursements identified separately.
Check this expenseWorking from home, phone and internet
Review only eligible work-related costs for duties completed from home and the work-use portion of phone or internet expenses. Do not double claim costs already covered by your chosen home-working method.
Evidence: Keep bills, work-use calculations and the hour or diary records required for the method used.
Check this expenseTravel between schools and alternate work locations
Some travel between separate workplaces or to an alternate work location may qualify. Ordinary travel between home and your regular school is generally private.
Evidence: Keep trip dates, destinations, work purpose and the logbook, odometer or kilometre evidence required for the calculation method used.
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