While working from your dining table or spare bedroom removes the commute and has lifestyle benefits and cost savings, there are often higher costs associated with electricity bills, internet usage, home-office equipment, furniture and stationery.

With tax time just around the corner, it’s a good opportunity to consider what you might be entitled to claim as a deduction when you are filling out your tax return.

Today on Please Explain, senior economics writer Jessica Irvine joins Nathanael Cooper to help navigate the complexities of tax deductions.

While working from your dining table or spare bedroom removes the commute and has lifestyle benefits and cost savings, there are often higher costs associated with electricity bills, internet usage, home-office equipment, furniture and stationery.
With tax time just around the corner, it&rsquo;s a good opportunity to consider what you might be entitled to claim as a deduction when you are filling out your tax return.
Today on&nbsp;Please Explain, senior economics writer Jessica Irvine joins Nathanael Cooper to help navigate the complexities of tax deductions.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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