Work From Home Tax Deduction Calculator

1Who are you lodging as?

Employee

Salary or wage earner — D5 work-related expenses.

Sole Trader / Business Owner

ABN income — unlocks occupancy expenses.

2Hours worked from home

Calculate I have timesheets

How do you want to enter your work pattern?

Hours per day Hours per week

Leave / holiday weeks

Days/week WFH

Hours/day

Working hours

(52 − 4) weeks × 3 days × 7.6 hours = 1094.40 → 1094 hours

1,094 hours

Cents disregarded per ATO; rounded down to whole hours.

3Method 1 — Fixed Rate (70¢/hour)

1,094 × $0.70

$765.80

The 70¢ rate already covers: electricity & gas, internet, home/mobile phone, stationery and consumables. You cannot claim these separately. You can still claim equipment decline in value and repairs on top.

Other work-related expenses (not bundled into the rate)

None added.

4Method 2 — Actual Cost

4-week diary helper (work-use %)

Work hours / typical week

Total household hours / week

Work-use ≈ 50%

Dedicated home-office area?

Required to claim cleaning costs.

Electricity & gas

Annual $

Work-use %

$0.00 × 25% = $0.00

Home internet / Wi-Fi

Annual $

Work-use %

$0.00 × 50% = $0.00

Mobile internet / data

Annual $

Work-use %

$0.00 × 30% = $0.00

Home phone expenses

Annual $

Work-use %

$0.00 × 20% = $0.00

Mobile phone expenses

Annual $

Work-use %

$0.00 × 40% = $0.00

Stationery & computer consumables

Annual $

Work-use %

$0.00 × 100% = $0.00

Repairs & maintenance of WFH equipment

Annual $

Work-use %

$0.00 × 100% = $0.00

Actual cost subtotal

$0.00

5Equipment & depreciating assets

Applies to both methods. Items ≤ $300 → immediate deduction; above → depreciated.

6Occupancy expenses

Locked. Only available for Sole Traders / Business Owners.

7Your comparison

Fixed Rate (70¢/hr)

Best

$765.00

Running costs$765.80
Equipment$0.00
Other expenses$0.00

Actual Cost

$0.00

Running costs$0.00
Equipment$0.00

Recommended

Fixed Rate method

Gives you $765.00 more than the other method.

Cents disregarded on final figure per ATO.

The Excel file is formula-driven — change any input cell and totals recalculate automatically.