Home-based business deductions records

Information your records need to show 

Examples of types of records

  • Information to substantiate your claims for all of your home-based business expenses. 
  • How you worked out the business portion (for example, a diary over a representative four-week period or records of how you calculated the percentage of your floor plan dedicated to your business).

Tax invoices or receipts for: 

  • purchase and repairs of furniture and equipment used for your business 
  • utility bills and cleaning expenses 
  • mortgage interest, rent, insurance and council rates (if you claim occupancy expenses) 
  • rental contract between homeowner and business (if you claim occupancy expenses) 
  • diary evidence of calculations

Claiming deductions for your home-based business

Steps Progress

What is a home-based business?

3 mins

Types of expenses

7 mins

Calculating running expenses

10 mins

Calculating occupancy expenses

3 mins

How your business structure affects your deductions

3 mins

Case studies: home-based business

5 mins

Home-based business deductions records

1 mins

Related courses

1 mins

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