I am a remote worker, with my employment contract stating that my home is my regular place of work.
My workplace requires me to travel interstate for work purposes multiple times a year, for one week at a time.
They pay for my flights and transportation to/from the airport. They do not pay for my accommodation or meals, or provide any allowance for these.
What am I able to claim in regards to these work trips?
It probably depends on whether these trips are for work or to work. You have provided no details on what your job is, what employment duties are expected of you, why you are travelling, where to, and what is meant by multiple times. Is the travel part of your employment duties or is the travel to another permanent location where you are required to continue with your duties? (for example to another work site).
There is a distinction between the two. See below
myTax 2025 Work-related travel expenses | Australian Taxation Office
More information below
Trips you can and can't claim | Australian Taxation Office
Your employment contract stating your home is your regular workplace provides little in the way of clarity. Are you working from home as a matter of convenience and this part of the contract has been negotiated between you and your employer, or is it because your employer is not able to provide you with an alternative workplace? Again this is an important distinction and the answer may well determine the deductibility of your other travel expenses.
I work in marketing. The trips are to attend public-facing events that the company runs out of our office. I usually stay for one week and there may be 1-3 events during that time. My duties during this time are to photograph the events and post about them on social media. There are events running all year long, I am only asked to travel to attend a handful of them. When I am not in town for an event, someone else does the things I would do at them. To maximise my time, we also schedule in-person team meetings, training sessions etc. while I am visiting.
When I started with the company, it was fully remote and there was no office. They have since opened an office but there is no requirement for people to work from there – the team is still remote. We have multiple team members who live around the country and only one office in one city.
I have had a read of those examples and to be honest, none of them really seem to provide clarity on my situation.
"Aldo lives in North Queensland with his family. He is an employee on a long-term project in Sydney. His employment contract states that his place of work is the office on the project site in Sydney." For me it is the opposite, my regular place of work is my home, not the office location.
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