ATO Logbook + Novated Lease Tracking

Your Tesla
Is Your Tax Assistant

Automatic Tesla ATO Logbook, Charging & Novated Lease Cost Tracker for Australian Drivers

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Device Free Logbook At Your Fingertips

Keeping a logbook is tedious

Your Tesla already records every trip. The Tesla app just can’t separate business kilometres from personal, link charging costs to business use, or export anything your accountant can use. Paper logbooks fall apart by week three. Logbook apps need a hardware device plugged into your Tesla, a warranty risk most owners won’t take. Both leave your deductions and audit defence exposed. CAILO fixes that with:

  • Always-on automatic trip capture with minimal input
  • Business vs personal trip classification
  • Trip and charge event tagging for detailed reporting
  • Full route details with distance, timestamps, and GPS data
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Tesla driver frustrated by paper logbooks and manual kilometre tracking, showing the pain of traditional ATO record keeping
Charging Costs Now Visible

Home charging hides in your power bill

Not anymore. CAILO captures every charging session at home, at work, and on the road. Energy usage, charging speed, and session costs all flow into your dashboard, so you have the visibility your accountant needs at tax time. Home charging stops disappearing into your power bill and becomes a legitimate, claimable business expense.

  • Per-session charging cost tracking
  • Home, work, and public charging costs in one report
  • Battery health monitoring over time
  • Energy efficiency tracking for cost optimisation
Tesla driver questioning the cost of home charging, showing the visibility gap that CAILO solves with cost attribution and tax-ready reporting
Australian Tesla Drivers

Built for Tesla Drivers Who Need Better Records

Whether you're claiming business kilometres, tracking novated lease costs, or simply want to claim back a business expense.

Sole Traders & Small Business

Your Tesla is your office on wheels. CAILO makes sure the ATO sees it that way. Your business vehicle records are complete and comprehensive at EOFY, with minimal effort.

Novated Lease Holders

Whether you’re tracking business use for FBT calculations or claiming home charging back from your novated lease provider, CAILO produces the records that make those processes painless.

Employees Claiming Work-Related Car Expenses

You drive between work sites, to client meetings, and to training events. CAILO captures every work kilometre and charging cost automatically, so you can confidently claim the expense.

Tesla tax deduction Australia, automated. The CAILO subscription is itself a deductible business expense, and the records it produces are designed to meet ATO logbook requirements. You just drive.

Simple Setup

How It Works

Three steps to automatic Tesla trip tracking and expense management.

1

Connect Your Tesla

Authorise CAILO with your Tesla account. No hardware, no dongles, no extra devices, no vehicle modifications. Cloud-based and read-only.

2

Drive and Classify

CAILO automatically captures every trip, charging session, and vehicle event in the background. Quick trip classification via notification, with optional category tags for richer reporting.

3

Export at Tax Time

Download complete trip records, charging costs, and business kilometre reports in formats your accountant can use. Done.

Built for Australian tax requirements

Tax-Ready Reports & Exports

No more end-of-year data scrambles. Your Tesla ATO logbook is generated automatically from your vehicle’s telemetry, with exportable trip and expense reports in formats your tax accountant can actually open and use. Business kilometre tracking, charging costs, and vehicle usage records are complete and ready for tax time, all year, every year.

  • ATO logbook reports in accountant-friendly formats
  • Covers the 12-week logbook requirement and beyond
  • Per-trip detail the ATO expects
  • Supports both statutory formula and operating cost methods

CAILO is a record-keeping tool, not tax advice. Always confirm your specific situation with a qualified accountant or registered tax agent.

CAILO Tesla ATO logbook export showing per-trip records, charging costs, and business kilometres ready for an Australian tax accountant
More Than Just a Tax Assistant

Are you a Tesla Enthusiast?

The CAILO platform is everything your Tesla App is not. Dive into everything about your EV, from battery health, harsh braking, acceleration, speed review, trip history and replay, and charging session logs all in one clean interface.

  • Live vehicle data you can geek out on
  • Charging insights that help you optimise solar/off-peak
  • Trip replay that satisfies your “track everything” instinct
  • Tap into historical analytics that pure logbook apps don’t offer
Tesla enthusiast viewing the CAILO dashboard with live battery, charging, and trip data, the ongoing companion for Australian Tesla drivers beyond the ATO logbook period
FAQ

Tax Logbooks & Expense Questions

CAILO connects to your Tesla through the official Fleet API. Every trip, charging session, and vehicle event is captured automatically in the cloud. At the completion of every trip you are notified to classify the trip or you can set and forget frequent trips. Then, you drive as normal and CAILO records everything.

CAILO captures the data points required for ATO vehicle logbook records: trip dates, start and end locations, distances, and odometer readings. The data is captured automatically from your Tesla’s telemetry, producing records that are more complete and accurate than any manual logbook. CAILO is designed to meet the ATO’s logbook method record-keeping requirements, including the 12-week logbook period and beyond. CAILO is a record-keeping tool, not tax advice. We recommend confirming your specific situation with your accountant or tax agent.

Yes. CAILO supports business vs personal trip classification so you can accurately calculate your business kilometre percentage. This is essential for novated lease FBT calculations and sole trader tax deductions.

CAILO generates per-trip records with the start, end, distance, duration, and purpose information accountants and tax agents are familiar with. Records export as standard PDF and CSV/Excel files any accountant can open. The data is detailed enough to answer any follow-up questions.

CAILO produces exportable data in formats that accountants and bookkeepers can open and work with directly. Trip records, charging costs, and kilometre summaries are available for download from your CAILO dashboard at any time.

Yes. CAILO works the same regardless of how you own or lease the vehicle. Trip data, charging session records, and the export formats are equally useful for novated lease reimbursement claims and FBT calculations.

Yes. CAILO captures charging session data including energy added (kWh), charging duration, and charge rate. For home charging, this data can be used to calculate your electricity cost per session based on your tariff rate, supporting legitimate business expense claims. Once you have updated your tariff rate on the platform, CAILO calculates and tracks your costs.

No. CAILO is a cloud-based, read-only integration that uses Tesla’s official Fleet API. It does not install anything on your vehicle, does not modify any systems, and has no impact on your warranty or battery life.

For sole traders and business owners using their Tesla as a business vehicle, the CAILO subscription may be a deductible business expense. We recommend confirming this with your accountant or tax advisor based on your specific circumstances.

Most mileage apps need you to check in at the start and end of every trip. They miss the trips you forget to log. CAILO connects to your Tesla directly through the Tesla Fleet API, so every trip is captured automatically with detail (battery state, charging sessions, full route data) no phone-based app can match.

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