Hi All4One, "Yet another minister carts his family around the...

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    Hi All4One,

    "Yet another minister carts his family around the country at the taxpayers expense. No one else does this and certainly not the tradies."

    Sorry, but tradies cart their families around Australia at the expense of the taxpayer all of the time. They claim 100% business use of their motor vehicle when they also use the vehicle for private purposes. They also claim business use for their partners' cars, and pay their partners' salaries though their partners don't work within the business.

    The dollar value these deductions incorrectly claimed by tradespeople would be many multiples higher than the cost of a few politicians traveling with their families.

    Claiming deductions for personal use of a motor vehicle is the very definition of carting your family around the country at the expense of the taxpayer.

    Of course there are politicians rorting the system. The answer to that is to tighten the rules that govern them, not allow everyone else to break the law.

    Cheers!
 
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