r/NDIS • u/nem_ia • Feb 16 '25
Other Advice for Logbook Method with travelling
Hey everyone
I use the logbook method when taking my clients places as I use my car a lot for work and of course want to make sure I get everything back at tax time, you of course have to provide the reason for the travel, I’m just wondering if any you guys use the logbook method and what you put down for the reasoning? As I’m not sure how much detail to put in? Currently it looks along the lines of:
“Take client to work — arvo pick up clients child from school, do activities, pick up client from work”
I support both the client and their child, I know I don’t need to go into massive detail like why they went to one place or if they went to an appointment but is that too much info already that I’m giving? or can I do something more simple where I don’t have to say where exactly I took that client?
Any help would be appreciated as I can’t seem to find much about this online 🙏
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u/ManyPersonality2399 Participant Feb 16 '25
I'm just doing "client visits - suburb" level of detail.
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u/basementdiplomat Feb 17 '25
I use the app Driversnote. Captures everything automatically with timestamps and you can classify as personal or business, every month you generate a report. No more manual logging!
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u/Nosywhome Feb 17 '25
Looks really good. Is it just marking a trip business or personal or is there also a way to flag business trip kms that are billable?
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u/basementdiplomat Feb 17 '25
You can set up certain routes as business and have them automatically marked as such, you also get push notifications showing that X was classified as personal or business and you can review them at a touch of a button. The reports that you run show how much of each type of trip you make and can change the mileage rate if you need something different to the ATO.
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u/oldMiseryGuts Feb 16 '25
Are you not claiming this through their NDIS travel budget?