Australians who work from home could soon lose the option of being able to easily claim their phone, internet and electricity bills on tax — potentially leaving them up to $1,400 a year worse off

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Australians who work from home could soon lose the option of being able to easily claim their phone, internet and electricity bills on tax — potentially leaving them up to $1,400 a year worse off.

At the start of the Covid pandemic in March 2020, meu the federal government introduced a shortcut tax return method for Australians working at home. It would allow them to claim back the cost of their energy use, internet and telephone costs at a flat rate of 80 cents an hour.

That simple method of just multiplying their hours by 80 cents — rather than adding up their bills — expired on June 30 this year. All that now remains is an option for workers to claim a lower 52 cent an hour rate, provided that they have proof and are willing to manually calculate their expenses.

But Daily Mail Australia can reveal the Australian Taxation Office is planning to replace that rate with a new flat 67 cent rate for every hour worked in the home study or dining table. 

This would effectively halve the amount a professional working from home could potentially claim as a tax deduction. 

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