Calculating the correct amount for your travel allowance is a multi step process. The goal is to find the correct Daily Total that you are entiteld to claim and multiply that with the number of Days you are entitled to claim. To find this amount you need;
The number of days
Your Destination
Your Annual Salary
The following steps will allow you to find your Daily Total
Enter your
Destination,
Start Date and
End Date. This will calculate the number of days you are entitled to claim. Do not claim days that you do not work. For example weekends
Enter whether you are paid
Daily or
Hourly and then enter your
Hourly or
Daily rate. T
his will calculate your A
nnual salary
You now have all the information that you need to correctly claim your travel allowance amount. Open the
ATO Travel Allowance Determination
and go to table on page 4 or 5 to find out the amount that you can claim.
Find the correct table based on your
Annual salary
Find your Destination
Find the Daily Total
Enter the Daily Total from the ATO Travel Determination you are allowed to claim into the
Daily Total Entitled to Claim field on the form. Your travel allowance claim amount will now be calculated
Submit the form
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