ACCA produce articles on historical tax cases. This page contains links to our articles on the subject of Business Tax. Follow the links to the full articles.
Tax case articles (Business Tax):
- Birmingham & District Cattle By-Products Ltd v CIR KB 1919 12 TC 92.....[Commencement of trade date]
- Caillebotte v Quinn Ch D 1975 50 TC 222 [1975] STC 265 [1975] 1 WLR 731 [1975] 2 All ER 412....[Subsistence of trader away from home]
- Cape Brandy Syndicate v CIR CA 1921 12 TC 358 [1921] 2 KB 403....[Whether a trading or capital transaction]
- Creed v H & M Levinson Ltd Ch D 1981 54 TC 477 [1981] STC 486.....[ex gratia payment to trader]
- Curtis v J & B Oldfield Ltd KB 1925 9 TC 319....[overdrawn director's loan account and deceased director]
- Dollar & Dollar v Lyon Ch D 1981 54 TC 459 [1981] STC 333.....[payment of wages to trader's children]
- Gallagher v Jones CA 1993 66 TC 77 [1993] STC 537 [1994] 2 WLR 160 [1994] Ch 107......[deductibility of up-front lease payment]
- Horton v Young CA 1971 47 TC 60 [1972] Ch 157 164 [1971] 3 All ER 412.....[self-employed travel expenses]
- Jackson v Laskers Home Furnishers Ltd Ch D 1956 37 TC 69 [1957] 1 WLR 69 [1956] 3 All ER 891.....[costs of restoring dilapidated premises; whether allowable as a revenue deduction]
- James Snook & Co Ltd v Blasdale CA 1952 33 TC 244......[sale of company and directors' compensation for loss of office]
- Kirkby v Hughes Ch D 1992 65 TC 532 [1993] STC 76.....[property development and whether trading]
- Law Shipping Co Ltd v CIR – CS 1923, 12 TC 621.....[whether renovating a dilapidated ship to a usable condition is allowable as a revenue deduction]
- Leach v Pogson Ch D 1962 40 TC 585.....[serial buying and selling of businesses; whether a trade]
- Mallalieu v Drummond HL 1983 57 TC 330 [1983] STC 665 [1983] 2 WLR 409 [1983] 2 All ER 1095.....[barrister's cloaks and wigs; whether tax deductible]
- Marson v Morton Ch D 1986 59 TC 381 [1986] STC 463 [1986] 1 WLR 1343.....[purchase and sale of land; capital or trading income]
- McGowan v Brown & Cousins (t/a Stuart Edwards) Ch D 1977 2 TC 8 [1977] STC 342 [1977] 1 WLR 1403 [1977] 3 All ER 844....[solicited and expected payment; whether taxable trading receipt]
- Murray v Goodhews CA 1977 52 TC 86 [1978] STC 207 [1978]WLR 499 [1978] 2 All ER 40.....[ex gratia payment to trading company; whether taxable]
- Newsom v Robertson CA 1952 33 TC 452 [1953] 1 Ch 7 [1952] 2 All ER 728....[barrister's travel expenses from home to chambers]
- O'Grady v Bullcroft Main Collieries Ltd – KB 1932, 17 TC 93.....[whether replacement of an entire chimney stack was an allowable revenue deduction]
- Odeon Associated Theatres Ltd v Jones – CA 1971, 48 TC 257; [1973] Ch 288; [1971] 1 WLR 442; [1972] 1 All ER 681.....[whether redecoration of cinemas was an allowable revenue deduction]
- Pickford v Quirke CA 1927 13 TC 251.....[asset stripping a business.....whether a trade]
- Rutledge v CIR CS 1929 14 TC 490...[sale of one million toilet rolls to one person; whether trade or capital receipt]
- Salt v Chamberlain Ch D 1979 53 TC 143 [1979] STC 750....[whether a high number of share transactions constitute a trade]
- Samuel Jones & Co (Devondale) Ltd v CIR – CS 1951, 32 TC 513...[repairs to chimney; whether an allowable revenue deduction]
- Sargent v Barnes Ch D 1978 52 TC 335 [1978] STC 322 [1978] 1 WLR 823 [1978 2 All ER 737.....[travelling expenses; whether tax deductible]
- Sharkey v Wernher HL 1955 36 TC 275 [1956] AC 58 [1955] 3 All ER 493.....[trading stock taken for own use]
- Simpson v John Reynolds & Co (Insurances) Ltd CA 1975 49 TC 693 [1975] STC 271 [1975] 1 WLR 617 [1975] 2 All ER 88.....[ex gratia payment after cessation of business relationship; whether taxable]
- Smiths Potato Estates Ltd v Bolland HL 1948 30 TC 267 [1948] AC 508 [1948] 2 All ER 367....[cost of dealing with tax appeal; whether or not tax deductible]
- Tucker v Granada Motorway Services Ltd HL 1979 53 TC 92 [1979] STC 393 [1979] 1 WLR 683 [1979] 2 All ER 801....[payment to make lease more attractive; revenue or capital]