I'm a Youtuber that travels - How do I workout what I can and can't claim?

 Author: EthanATO(Community Support)Community Support

11 Dec 2024

Hi @aroundozYT,

What a cool thing to do for work!

You'll definitely be able to claim the portion of your expenses that relate to your business. Your travel-related deductions would include accommodation alongside motor-vehicle deductions like fuel, registration, servicing, and other costs that can be apportioned to the business.

As for apportioning, I've seen lots of people use logbooks or spreadsheets to organise their daily expenses to help keep track of them across business trips. From there, you can work out the split between personal and private use for different costs.

Generally, apportioning costs will be simply allocating based on whether it was business-related or not, but sometimes specific costs will need to be split based on percentage of use. A good example of this is your accommodation costs. If you hire a campsite for 4 days, use 3 days for filming, and just relax on the 4th, you'd claim a deduction for 3 days of accommodation costs as the 4th was private use.

Our page on business deductions is a great place to get started. It gives a bit of an overview of what you can and can't claim, and how to apportion personal and business use. At the bottom there's also a list of common deduction types, such as motor vehicle and travel, that should help out further too! These extra pages are great and give a really good overview of what you can claim for each type, along with some example scenarios for each.

It can definitely get a little complicated sometimes, so please let us know if you have any questions!