Australians are being warned by the Australian Taxation Office to stop claiming private expenses as work-related or as donations on their tax returns. About 9 million Australians claimed about $28 billion worth of work-related expenses in their 2023-24 tax returns, many relating to working from home. The average claim made by taxpayers was about $3,000. But Assistant Commissioner Rob Thomson says the ATO has recently identified some dodgy claims that the agency has rejected and warns taxpayers to be careful not to omit income or double dip on expenses as they start pulling together their tax returns. #ABCBusiness Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE ABC NEWS provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC NEWS, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC NEWS content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC NEWS In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC NEWS on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Follow ABC NEWS on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Follow ABC NEWS on X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/abcnews Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia