Tax Return Tool - Individual Travel Diary
Capture the business travel entries the ATO asks for and export a complete diary to CSV.
This tool does not save your data. Your entries are cleared when you close or refresh this page. Export to CSV before you leave.
Disclaimer: This tool is a record-keeping aid only and is not financial or tax advice. A completed travel diary does not guarantee a valid deduction claim. Individual circumstances and the deductibility of expenses vary. Always confirm the requirements with a registered tax agent or the ATO. Evercend Pty Limited does not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence.
About the travel diary requirement
- A travel diary is required for sole traders and partners who are away from home for 6 or more consecutive nights for business purposes.
- Entries should be recorded before travel ends or as soon as possible after each activity.
- Where a trip is partly private, only the work-related portion of travel expenses is deductible. The diary helps establish what proportion of the trip was for business.
- Travel expense records, including the diary, are kept for 5 years from the date of lodgment of the relevant tax return.
- This tool is a record-keeping aid, not tax advice, and does not guarantee a valid claim.
Travel diary entries
Record each business activity as a separate row. The nature of the activity should be specific enough to identify the business purpose; a general description alone may not be sufficient for the ATO.
No entries recorded yet.
Use “Add entry” to start. Each row is one business activity.
This tool does not save your data. Your entries are cleared when you close or refresh this page. Export to CSV before you leave.
Export your travel diary to CSV
Includes all diary entries (Date, Place, Nature of the Activity, Start Time, End Time). Filename: travel-diary.csv
Sources and references
- Australian Taxation Office, Business travel expenses
- Australian Taxation Office, Keeping travel expense records
Reviewed and checked on 12 August 2026.