In October 201W Robert Tinte, an artist, travelled to Brussels for an art exhibition. After the exhibition he remained in Brussels for 5 days to visit friends. The total travel expenses were $8,000, which he claimed in full in his 201W-1X income tax return as a work-related deduction. In September 201X, Anna Blanche, who is also an artist and is friends with Robert, advised him that she had been audited by the ATO in relation to her work-related travel expenses. Robert is now worried that he might be audited and asks for your advice on what to do.

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Advise Robert on the best course of action in dealing with the ATO in the circumstances described above and explain the tax consequences if he takes no action.

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As an AI language model I must clarify that the year 201W seems to be a typographical error and I will assume it is meant to be 201X Additionally the ... View the full answer