Frequently asked questions

It securely connects to your Tesla account and reads your trips automatically — no dongle and no manual entry.

Odoproof keeps contemporaneous records with the date, odometer readings, distance and purpose of each journey, plus a running business-use percentage over a continuous 12-week period — the substantiation the ATO logbook method requires. It is not tax advice; your accountant remains your source of truth.

Tracking begins once you connect your Tesla; trips are captured going forward. There is no reliable way to reconstruct a logbook for journeys you didn't record.

Yes. Even if your EV is FBT-exempt, it's still a reportable fringe benefit, and a complying logbook is what lets you (or your employer) work out the reportable amount and support the operating cost method.

We use least-privilege access to your Tesla data, encrypt it, and never sell it. See our Security page.

Three plans: $9/mo for up to 3 vehicles, $49/mo for up to 30, and a Custom plan for more — contact contact@odoproof.com.

88c per business kilometre for the 2025-26 income year, capped at 5,000 business kilometres (a maximum claim of $4,400). The rate is the same for electric and combustion vehicles.

A complying logbook is valid for the year it is completed plus the following four years — five years in total — unless your pattern of use changes materially, which restarts the 12-week requirement.

Even though an eligible battery-electric car can be FBT-exempt, the private use is still a reportable fringe benefit. A complying logbook is what lets the operating cost method be used to calculate the reportable amount, so a logbook is still worth keeping.

Unsubstantiated car claims can be denied and amended over several years, with the General Interest Charge and penalties of 25% to 75% of the tax shortfall. Car expenses are a standing ATO audit focus, and logbooks are cross-checked against toll and telematics data.

No. The ATO requires contemporaneous records, so tracking begins when you connect your Tesla and trips are captured going forward. A logbook cannot be reliably reconstructed for journeys that were never recorded.