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Ginoo's Log Book

A free car logbook for Australian tax — on your phone, owned by you.

Ginoo's Log Book helps you claim your work-related car expenses the way the ATO expects. You log your trips and your car costs (fuel, servicing, rego, insurance), keep photos of your receipts, and the app works out how much of your car use is for work — then produces the numbers you need for your BAS and your tax return.

It runs as an app on your phone (a "PWA" — you add it to your home screen, no app store needed) and all your data stays in your own private copy. Nobody else can see your trips or receipts.

⚠️ Important: This is not tax advice. It does the sums for you using the ATO logbook method, but you are responsible for what you claim. If in doubt, check with a registered tax agent.

🤖 Early stage & 100% AI-coded. Every line of this project was written by Claude (see How This Was Built). It's an early, experimental tool — double-check every figure before you lodge anything.

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New here? Start with these

1. What You Need — the short list of things to have ready.
2. Setup Guide — get your own copy running (one-time, ~30 min).
3. Using the App — the day-to-day: add your car, log trips, snap receipts.
4. Understanding the Logbook Method — the 12-week logbook and "business-use %", in plain English.
5. Reports Explained — what BAS and the annual deduction reports give you.

Stuck? See the FAQ and Troubleshooting.

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Is this for me?

Yes, if you:

• Drive your own car for work in Australia, and
• Want to claim car expenses on your tax return, and
• Are happy to keep a 12-week logbook of your trips.

Maybe not, if you:

• Use the cents-per-kilometre method only (this app is built for the logbook method), or
• Want a sign-up-and-go app with nothing to set up — this one you host yourself (it's free, but there's a one-time setup).

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What it costs

$0. It's open source and runs on Cloudflare's free tier. You just need your own free Cloudflare account (see What You Need).