Travel and Study Scams on Tax Office Radar
The Tax Office has issued a warning to taxpayers to steer clear of dodgy arrangements which involve claiming holiday travel expenses as work-related or self-education expenses. The Commissioner said he was concerned that some people are getting involved in arrangements to deliberately claim inflated deductions which they are not entitled to, particularly in relation to overseas travel. If the claim is legitimate, the Tax Office says taxpayers need to correctly apportion their expenses to the extent they are connected to their income-earning activities and are not private or domestic in nature.
