Reports Explained

Reports Explained

The Reports page turns your trips and expenses into the numbers you actually need: your BAS GST credit and your annual tax deduction.

Open Reports, pick a financial year from the dropdown, and you'll see the sections below. (Australian financial year = 1 July to 30 June.)

⚠️ These are estimates for record-keeping. The app itself says: "Confirm figures with your accountant." Not tax advice.

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At the top: business-use %

The page shows your business-use % for the chosen year (from your trips — see Understanding the Logbook Method). This percentage drives every dollar figure below it.

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BAS — GST credit by quarter

If you're GST-registered, you can claim back the business share of the GST you paid on car costs, through your Business Activity Statement (BAS).

The report shows a table:

Quarter	Covers	GST credit
Q1	Jul – Sep	$…
Q2	Oct – Dec	$…
Q3	Jan – Mar	$…
Q4	Apr – Jun	$…
Total	full year	$…

How it's worked out: for each quarter, the app adds up the GST on your receipts, then multiplies by your business-use %.

GST credit ≈ business-use % × (total GST paid that quarter)

So when you lodge each quarterly BAS, read the GST credit off the matching row.

💡 Not GST-registered? You can ignore the BAS section — you don't claim GST credits, and instead your deduction is based on the full (GST-inclusive) amounts.

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Annual income-tax deduction

This is the figure for your tax return. It has two parts:

Line	What it is
Running costs (business share)	Your business-use % of fuel, rego, insurance, servicing, repairs, tyres, interest/lease, etc.
Car depreciation (business share)	Your business-use % of the car's decline in value (only if you entered purchase date + cost)
Total deduction	The two added together — the number you claim

GST-registered note: because you already claim the GST back through your BAS, the income-tax deduction uses the GST-exclusive amounts, so you don't double-dip.

Expenses by category

Below the totals, there's a breakdown of your expenses by category (fuel, rego, insurance, …) at the GST-inclusive amount — handy for checking nothing's missing or miscategorised.

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Notices (amber box)

Sometimes an amber note appears, for example that depreciation was left out because your car's purchase-year cost limit isn't configured yet. This is a one-line fix in the app — see Troubleshooting. Your other figures are still correct.

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Print / save it

The Print button produces a clean copy (navigation stripped out) — print it or "save as PDF". Do this:

• Each BAS quarter — for your GST credit figure.
• At tax time — for your deduction, to keep or give to your accountant.

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Quick recap

• Business-use % — from your trips.
• BAS section — quarterly GST credits (GST-registered only).
• Annual deduction — running costs + depreciation, your business share.
• Print — keep the record.

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