Question: What are the expenses that can be claimed?

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Working from home during COVID-19
section_headers: Expenses you can claim
section_content: If you work from home, you will be able to claim a deduction for the
additional running expenses you incur. These include:

electricity expenses associated with heating, cooling and lighting the area from which you are working and running items you are using for work
cleaning costs for a dedicated work area
phone and internet expenses
computer consumables (for example, printer paper and ink) and stationery
home office equipment, including computers, printers, phones, furniture and furnishings – you can claim either the
full cost of items up to $300
decline in value for items over $300.




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This answer properly and directly answers related to the question of what expenses can be claimed.
This is a direct answer to the question. This answer provides information on what type of expenses can be claimed for deduction when somebody is working from home.

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Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Working from home during COVID-19
section_headers: Calculating running expenses
section_content: There are three ways you can choose to calculate your additional running
expenses:

shortcut method ─ claim a rate of 80 cents per work hour for all additional running expenses
fixed rate method ─ claim all of these
a rate of 52 cents per work hour for heating, cooling, lighting, cleaning and the decline in value of office furniture
the work-related portion of your actual costs of phone and internet expenses, computer consumables, stationery
the work-related portion of the decline in value of a computer, laptop or similar device.


actual cost method ─ claim the actual work-related portion of all your running expenses, which you need to calculate on a reasonable basis.

For more information on how to calculate and claim a deduction under the
actual cost method or fixed rate method see Home office
expenses.

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This answer is irrelevant to the question. This information is about ways to calculate additional running expenses and does not provide any information on what expenses can be claimed as asked in the question.
While this lists a few of the expenses that can be claimed, it does not list fully what can be claimed.

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Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Working from home during COVID-19
section_headers: Claiming a deduction
section_content: To claim a deduction for working from home, all of the following must
apply:

You must have spent the money.
The expense must be directly related to earning your income.
You must have a record to prove it.

This means you can't claim a deduction for items provided by your
employer, or if you have been reimbursed for the expense.
If you are not reimbursed by your employer, but instead receive an allowance
from them to cover your expenses when you work from home, you:

must include this allowance as income in your tax return
can claim a deduction as outlined on this page.


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This does not answer the question. This answer contains information on the criteria that must be met to claim a deduction and does not provide any information on what types of expenses can be claimed as asked in the question.
This does not relate to the question of what can be claimed, which is the original question.

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