Individual tax return
Tax returns for nurses & healthcare workers
Long shifts, plenty of overtime, and a return that's often more complicated than people expect. Here's what nurses, carers and allied health workers can usually claim.
Fixed-fee returns from $390. Lodged by a CPA & Registered Tax Agent.
- The cost of getting your initial qualification (before you were employed in the role)
- Plain shoes or clothing that aren't a compulsory uniform
- Home-to-work travel, even on night shift
- Grooming, haircuts and makeup, private, even if your workplace has standards
What you can usually claim
The deductions we check for every nurses & healthcare return.
- Compulsory uniforms with an employer logo, plus laundering them
- Non-slip nursing shoes and compression stockings where they're compulsory
- Annual AHPRA registration renewal and professional association or union fees
- Work equipment, fob watch, stethoscope, safety glasses and similar
- Self-education and CPD that relates to your current role
- Overtime meals where you were paid an overtime meal allowance under your award
- Work-related portion of your phone
- Travel between different hospitals or sites during a single shift
General information only, based on ATO rules, an expense must relate to earning your income, you can't have been reimbursed for it, and you need a record. We'll confirm what applies to you.
What to have ready
Your income
Your income statement is usually pre-filled from the ATO, we'll check it's complete, including any allowances.
Your deductions
Receipts, a logbook if you claim car use, and rough work-versus-private splits for phone and home office.
The extras
Private health statement, spouse details, and any investment, rental or share information.
Last year
If you're switching to us, last year's return helps us pick up anything carried forward.
Common questions
Often, yes. If you travel directly between workplaces during a shift, or your home is a genuine base of employment, that travel can be claimable. The rules are fiddly, so it's worth a quick chat to get it right and keep the records the ATO expects.
If the course maintains or improves skills for your current role, generally yes. If it's designed to get you a new job or a different role entirely, generally no. The distinction matters, we can sort which side of the line your course falls on.
Let's get your return sorted.
Answer a few quick questions and we'll take it from there, returns from $390, fixed, no surprises.