Ever wondered if you can claim your gym membership?

In general, a tax deduction for fitness expenses is only available if your job requires you to have an extremely high level of fitness.

The connection between how you earn your income and the deduction is about the physical demands and requirements of your specific role.

Let’s explore that.

Firefighters

 

A person with what the ATO describes as a “general duties firefighter” role cannot claim a deduction for the money they have spent keeping fit, but a firefighter in a specialist search and rescue operations team for example, trained in a range of specialist skills, would be able to claim fitness expenses.

What that means for all of us gym junkies…… access to a deduction is about the specialist physical demands and requirements of your role.

Make sure you know the facts before signing on the dotted line, you might not be able to claim what you think you can.

Please reach out to the team at Flux Advisors for a confidential discussion.