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Award Transport Payments

An award transport payment is an allowance paid to an employee covering transport expenses or car expenses on a cents-per-kilometre basis that is paid under an industrial award that was in force as at 29 October 1986.

Refer to the link below regarding entitlement to a tax deduction.

The list below has just some of the many allowances that may be paid under various awards. If you would like us to add others for your convenience, please let us know which ones you use.

Award		Allowance Payable
Aircraft Engineers (General Aviation) Award 1982		$0.28 per km
Australian Workers’ Union Construction & Maintenance Award 1989		$0.26 per km
	> When transferring between sites	$0.47 per km
Bank Officials’ (Federal) (1963) Award
	> Vehicles under 2500cc	$0.32 per km
	> Vehicles 2500cc and above	$0.42 per km
The National Building & Construction Industry Labourers (On Site) Award 1986		$7.60 per day
The National Building Trades Construction Award 1975		$7.60 per day
Clerks (Road Transport Industry) Award 1992		$0.31 per km
Electrical Contracting Industry Award 1992		$0.29 per km
Metal Industry Award 1984 – Part 1		$0.32 per km
National Joinery & Building Trades Products Award 1993		$0.37 per km
Pilots (General Aviation) Award 1984		$0.34 per km
Television Industry Award 1987
	> Car when travelling alone	$0.30 per km
	> Car when travelling with passengers	$0.40 per km
	> Motor cycle	$0.27 per km
Timber Industry Award 1990		$0.33 per km

Link to expert information on Award Transport Payments

AWARD TRANSPORT PAYMENTS

AWARD TRANSPORT PAYMENTS - HOW TO CLAIM

This page was last edited on 28 December 2020

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