I have a personal novated lease (it's not a company vehicle or part of a salary package), it's salary sacrificed through my employment at an NGO. NGO has surrendered all fleet vehicles and is now requiring employees to use their personal vehicles for transporting clients, and work related travel.
At the time I contracted the lease it was for personal use (including insurance costs, kms, fuel etc). Costs for the lease were calculated at personal usage only. I am now paying $500+ a month in running costs for my personal vehicle for work use, and I was told by H&R block that I cannot deduct any of the wear and tear or running costs for my vehicle for work use even though they well exceed the costs deducted by my employer pre tax, and from my post tax salary.
So in effect I am now incurring significant wear and tear and running costs on the vehicle with zero compensation as there is a "pre-tax" deduction by my employer from which they benefit, as I am seeing no discernable financial advantage from owning or using the vehicle at this stage
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