Backpacker Tax Refund & Tax Owing Calculator 2025–26

For adults with wages from Australian jobs, one visa type for the year, no spouse or dependants, and no Australian government study-loan debt. Business or investment income, salary packaging and other tax adjustments need a fuller calculation.

Compulsory distinctive uniforms, registered optional uniforms, occupation-specific clothing or protection against a real work hazard. Ordinary black trousers, everyday shoes and office clothes do not qualify just because work requires them.

Only washing, drying or cleaning clothing that itself qualifies. Keep a calculation of your actual eligible loads or cleaning bills; there is no automatic $150 claim.

Claim the work-use portion. Equipment may need depreciation rather than a full purchase-price deduction. Enter only this year’s allowable amount, not the full price of an expensive laptop or tool set.

Use bills and a reasonable work/private usage record. Include only work use and avoid claiming costs already included in a working-from-home fixed-rate claim.

Travel between workplaces or clients may qualify. Your ordinary journey from home to work normally does not. Car claims need the correct method and records; do not add petrol on top of a cents-per-kilometre claim.

Training must maintain or improve skills used in your existing work, or be sufficiently connected to increasing income in it. Study that qualifies you for a new occupation is generally excluded.

Eligible annual union or professional membership costs connected with your current work. Enter the amount you paid, excluding reimbursement.

Use an eligible actual-cost or fixed-rate method and the required hours/expense records. Do not duplicate phone, internet, energy or stationery already covered by your chosen method.