The Little Black Book of Tax Deductions for FIFO & Mining Workers

The quiet leak

Meet Mick's accountant. Never done a swing.

Mick's on a 3-and-1 in the Pilbara. Big money, big hours, and a kit bag full of gear he buys himself — boots, sunscreen by the litre, the lot. His accountant looked at the income, did the standard return, and charged him $360.

Never asked about the protective gear, the laundry, the phone he lives on, the tickets and courses he pays for to keep working. Why would he? He gets his $360 whether Mick gets $700 back or $7,000.

On Mick's bracket, every deduction he misses costs him more than it'd cost a bloke on the tools back home. He's been leaking the most and noticing the least.

Mick's leak — one year

Protective gear, boots & PPE$720

Sunscreen & sun protection$180

Laundry of work clothing$150

Phone, tickets & self-education$950

Back in his pocket~$740

The fix

You don't need to do your own tax. You need to run the bloke who does.

Leave the lodging to the accountant — you're paying for it. You just need to know what's yours to claim, what to hand him, and what to tell him to chase before you fly back out.

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Plain English

No jargon. What you can claim and why — sorted in a quiet hour in the donga.

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Audit-safe

Every claim tied to a current ATO ruling. I tell you what you can't claim too — important on a big income.

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5 minutes a swing

A dead-simple system so you hand the accountant the ammo, not a shoebox of receipts gone through the wash.

The maths

It's a tool, not a book. And it can't really cost you.

01 · It's a tool

Comes with the Accountant Brief

Fill in the one-page brief + the deduction index, hand them over, and watch nothing slip through. You don't read this once — you use it. See the brief →

02 · It's a write-off

The cost is itself deductible

Managing your tax affairs is deductible (ATO s25-5). Keep the receipt and have your accountant claim it — a tax tool that's also a tax deduction.

03 · It's guaranteed

Pays for itself, or it's free

If it doesn't claw back more than it cost, email me within 60 days for a full refund. Keep the book.

Pays for itself · deductible · guaranteed — the only way to lose is to keep overpaying.

How it works

Vet. Arm. Direct. Then watch him earn it.

01 · Vet

Suss out the dud

Ten questions that out a coasting accountant in five minutes. Pass: keep him. Fail: next.

02 · Arm

Hand over the lot

The exact list and receipts so nothing "slips through" on a return that should be working harder.

03 · Direct

Tell him what to chase

Gear, tickets, the lot. You point, he fetches. That's the fee.

What's inside

The cheat sheet — plus the boring detail, for the keen.

Is your accountant actually any good? (Spoiler: maybe not)

The ten questions that out a coaster in five minutes.

Gear, PPE & the stuff you buy yourself

Boots, sunscreen, laundry, tickets — what's claimable and what's not.

Travel & the FIFO rules, straight

What's actually deductible when the company flies you in — and what isn't.

What you can't claim

Big income = big audit interest. Stay clean, push where it counts.

High earners: structure & super

The questions to actually put to your accountant when you're earning well.

By the numbers

This isn't dodgy. It's the money that's already yours.

Minimisation, never evasion — every figure tied to current ATO guidance.

$2,000average a mining worker was leaving behind, every year

37%likely bracket — so every deduction is worth more to you

100%of claims cited to current ATO rulings · audit-safe

Who's writing this

"I'm not an accountant. I'm the bloke who reads the rules everyone else skips — and tells you which ones are quietly costing you money."

I'm Joshua. I'm 30, and I've spent my life pulling systems apart to see how they really work. I've made a fortune, lost it, and learned more from the losing than the winning.

Everything's a system — tax, money, even a roster. Every one has a way in once you can see it. Tax is just the first one worth learning to beat, because it's the one quietly costing you the most. I'm not turning you into an accountant. I'm showing you how the game works so the bloke you pay actually plays it for you.

— Joshua

What workers say

From the crib room.

★★★★★

"On good money and still getting a bill. Took the ten questions to my accountant, switched, got $2,600 back."

MMMick M. · Pilbara, 3&1

★★★★★

"Didn't know half my gear was claimable. Sorted it in one quiet night in the donga."

JTJonno · mining, WA

★★★★★

"Straight up, no fluff, and it actually paid off. Sent it round the whole crew."

RSReardon · maintenance, SA/WA

Coming soon

This one's not out yet — get first dibs.

The Nurses & Midwives edition is live now. The FIFO & Mining edition is in the works. Join the waitlist — you'll be first to know, and first to the launch price.

Straight answers

The questions you're actually thinking.

Is this legal?

Completely. Tax minimisation — claiming what the law already lets you — not evasion. Every claim's tied to a current ATO ruling, and I tell you what you can't claim so you stay clean on a big income.

Are you an accountant?

No — and you don't need another one. I teach you to run the one you've got, and spot when he's phoning it in. For the tricky high-earner stuff I tell you exactly when to make him earn the fee.

Does the FIFO travel stuff apply to me?

The book's straight about it — when company-paid flights kill a claim and when self-funded travel and gear don't. No dodgy advice, just the real rules.

What if it doesn't help me?

Then you don't pay. 60-day, no-questions refund. If it doesn't claw back more than $24, email me — keep the book, I'll wear it.

Not ready? Start free.

The 5 deductions your accountant keeps "forgetting."

Drop your email and I'll send the free cheat sheet — the checklist, a gear tracker, and the 60-second refund calculator. Genuinely useful, no spam.