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Uber driver tax deductions in Australia: claim what you're entitled to

Independent studies of Australian rideshare consistently show costs eating 30–45% of gross earnings. Those costs hurt twice if you don't claim them: once at the bowser, again at tax time. Here are the deductions Australian Uber and DiDi drivers are entitled to — and how to actually capture them.

The big one: car expenses

With a valid 12-week ATO logbook, you claim the business-use percentage of fuel, registration, insurance, servicing, tyres, depreciation and loan interest. For a full-time driver, business use can be very high — which is why the logbook method usually beats cents-per-kilometre, and why not keeping a logbook is the single most expensive record-keeping mistake in rideshare.

Deductions drivers commonly miss

• Platform fees — Uber and DiDi service fees are deductible business costs.
• Phone and data — the business-use portion of your plan and handset.
• Cleaning — car washes, interior cleans, detailing between shifts.
• Tolls and parking incurred while working.
• Passenger amenities — water, mints, phone cables.
• Safety and equipment — dash cams, phone mounts, first-aid kits.
• Accounting and software — tax agent fees and subscriptions like EarningsPilotAU itself.

Capture as you go, not at EOFY

Deductions die in glovebox receipts. The Expenses Tracker lets you log a cost in seconds, in the right category, with the GST component recorded — so it flows into your quarterly BAS (1B credits) and your EOFY taxable income estimate without a shoebox session in July.