“The new fixed rate includes costs such as mobile phones and stationery – meaning that many taxpayers could lose out,” H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman told Guardian Australia.
“If you use your mobile phone extensively for work, you could potentially claim several hundred dollars just in mobile phone bills. [But] if you use the fixed rate method, you’ll lose this opportunity.
“If you don’t use the fixed rate method, you’ll be forced to claim actual costs for other working from home expenses (such as electricity and gas), which means that you need to keep lots of paperwork such as receipts [and] invoices.”
This is obviously a fucking pain in the ass.
“Claiming ‘actual costs’ isn’t feasible for many taxpayers — the record-keeping obligations are just too high,” Chapman said.
“Therefore, for millions of people, they will be forced to claim the 67-cent per hour fixed rate, which could result in a lower deduction and increased paperwork.”
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