Open homes, appraisals, key runs. Nomo records the drives, you tap Client meeting, and the kilometres are there at tax time.
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By the Nomo team · Last reviewed 24 September 2026
An agent's week is full of short drives, and most of them are work. The ATO's real estate guide is clear on the main ones:
| Drive | Claimable? |
|---|---|
| Office to an open home, appraisal or inspection | Yes |
| Between properties on the same day | Yes |
| Open home back to the office | Yes |
| Home to a training venue | Yes |
| Home to your usual office | No, however early or late |
| Home straight to a Saturday open home | Usually not if you have a regular office. It can count if your work is genuinely itinerant |
The itinerant test is narrow and rarely fits an agent with a desk at the office. The ATO sets out the indicators under trips you can and can't claim. More examples in driving between job sites.
Before the kilometres matter, check whose car it is.
Cents per km is 91c a work km for 2026–27, up to 5,000 km per car, so up to $4,550. No receipts, but you need to show how you worked out the km. See the cents per km calculator.
Busy sales agents often drive well past 5,000 work km a year. Then the logbook method usually claims more: keep a logbook for 12 continuous weeks, work out your work use percentage, and claim that share of all your car costs, with receipts. See the logbook method.
Nomo records odometer readings, works out your work use percentage from the trips you've sorted, and produces a 12 week logbook report. How the logbook app works.
Pick your work days and hours, weekends included if you run Saturday opens.
Nomo records each drive in the background. The trip ends when you park.
Swipe work or personal, then tap Client meeting or Site visit.
Confirm the day's trips in one go and see the estimated deduction.
Parking at open homes and tolls on work trips are claimable on top of cents per km. If you're entitled to earn commission, signage, letterbox drops and gifts for work purposes can be too. Snap each receipt in Nomo as you go. The full list is in real estate agent tax deductions.
Plenty of agents are contractors on an ABN. Then your kilometres are business kilometres, claimed in the business section of your return with cents per km or a logbook, and Nomo tracks them the same way. See sole trader tax deductions.
From 2026–27, employees can take up to $1,000 for work expenses with no receipts. 1,100 work km at 91c is already $1,001, so most agents who drive their own car will beat it. Your car expenses count toward the $1,000 rather than on top of it. See the $1,000 standard deduction, explained.
| Diary in the glovebox | Nomo | |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday opens | Written up Monday, if at all | Recorded while you drive |
| Appraisal between listings | Often forgotten | Picked up and tagged Client meeting |
| Parking and signage receipts | In the console | Scanned when you pay |
| At tax time | Add it up by hand | Running total plus a PDF or CSV export |
Nomo is an Australian tax deduction and mileage/work kilometre tracking app for PAYG employees and sole traders.
Yes, for work trips like the office to open homes and appraisals, if you paid for the car costs and kept records.
Usually not if you have a regular office. It can count if your work is genuinely itinerant under the ATO's indicators.
Yes. Declare the allowance as income, then claim your actual work use of your car.
No. You can't claim running costs on a novated lease, but parking and tolls on work trips can count.
Up to 5,000 work km, cents per km is simpler. Above that, a logbook usually claims more.
Yes. It records any drive in your work hours, and you tag the ones that were for work.
Yes. Nomo works on iPhone and Android.
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Start 14-day free trialBy the Nomo team · Last reviewed 24 September 2026. We check these pages against current ATO guidance and update them when the rules change.
General information only, not tax advice. Rules change and everyone’s situation is different, so check ato.gov.au or talk to a registered tax agent about your situation. Nomo is a record keeping app, not a registered tax agent.