Claim the Costs of Washing, Drying and Ironing Eligible Work Clothes

You must have written evidence, such as diary entries and receipts, for your laundry expenses if both:

• the amount of your claim is greater than $150, and
• your total claim for work-related expenses exceeds $300 – not including car, meal allowance, award transport payments allowance and travel allowance expenses.

If you don’t need to provide written evidence for your laundry expenses, you may use a reasonable basis to work out your claim. For washing, drying and ironing you do yourself, the ATO considers that a reasonable basis for working out your laundry claim is:

• $1 per load – this includes washing, drying and ironing – if the load is made up only of work-related clothing, and
• 50 cents per load if other laundry items are included.

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