Work-Related Uniform and Protective Clothing

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Occupation-specific clothing

Protective clothing

fire-resistant and sun-protection clothing
safety-coloured vests
non-slip nurse’s shoes
rubber boots for concreters
steel-capped boots, gloves, overalls, and heavy-duty shirts and trousers
overalls, smocks and aprons you wear to avoid damage or soiling to your ordinary clothes during your income-earning activities.

Work uniforms

You can claim for a uniform, either compulsory or non-compulsory, that is unique and distinctive to the organisation you work for.

Clothing is unique if it has been designed and made only for the employer. Clothing is distinctive if it has the employer’s logo permanently attached and the clothing is not available to the public.

You can’t claim the cost of purchasing or cleaning a plain uniform.

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Compulsory work uniform

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Non-compulsory work uniform

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Cleaning of work clothing

You can claim the costs of washing, drying and ironing eligible work clothes, or having them dry-cleaned.

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 consider 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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