Enter your salary, the tax withheld and your deductions to estimate your tax refund for 2025–26, including working from home at 70 cents an hour. You can also look ahead to 2026–27.
From your income statements
From your income statements
Tools, uniforms, travel, courses
At 70c an hour
Donations, tax agent fees
Interest, dividends, side income
Your estimated refund
$256
2025–26 tax return · taxable income $84,200
What this means
Deductions don’t come back dollar for dollar: each $100 you claim saves about $32, your top rate of 32% including the Medicare levy. Keep records for every claim.
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| Income | $85,000 |
| Work deductions | −$800 |
| Taxable income | $84,200 |
| Income tax | $16,048 |
| Medicare levy | $1,684 |
| Tax withheld | −$17,988 |
| Refund | $256 |
| Taxable income | 2025–26 | 2026–27 |
|---|---|---|
| Up to $18,200 | 0% | 0% |
| $18,201 to $45,000 | 16% | 15% |
| $45,001 to $135,000 | 30% | 30% |
| $135,001 to $190,000 | 37% | 37% |
| Over $190,000 | 45% | 45% |
Plus the 2% Medicare levy, reduced or nil on low incomes, and the Medicare levy surcharge if you earn over $101,000 (2025–26) without private hospital cover.
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Your taxable income is your income minus your deductions. Tax on it is worked out at the year's rates, less the low income tax offset, plus the 2% Medicare levy and any HELP repayment. If more tax was withheld from your pay than that, the difference comes back as a refund.
31 October if you lodge your own return. If you use a registered tax agent and are on their list by 31 October, you can usually lodge later, often up to 15 May the next year.
With the fixed rate method you claim 70 cents for every hour worked from home in 2025–26. It covers electricity, gas, phone, internet and stationery. You need a record of the hours you actually worked from home.
From 2026–27, employees can claim a standard $1,000 deduction for work-related expenses without receipts, instead of listing them. If your expenses are more than $1,000, you can still claim them in full with records.
Often because of income with no tax withheld, such as interest, a second job or side income, or a HELP debt, where repayments are added to your tax at the end of the year.