Bywater Investments Ltd &Ors(Appellants) v Commissioner of Taxation

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeFrench CJ,Kiefel,Bell,Nettle JJ,Gordon J
Judgment Date16 November 2016
Neutral Citation[2016] HCA 45
Docket NumberS134/2016 & S135/2016
CourtHigh Court
Date16 November 2016
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11 cases
  • Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs v Development Securities Plc and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 December 2020
    ...(1906) 5 TC 198, and covering various other cases through to the Australian case of Bywater Investments Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA 45. Usefully, Lord Newey then provided a summary of what he considered the key points from the authorities: The overarching principle is that a c......
  • GEOFFREY RICHARD HAWORTH, IAN FRANCIS LENAGAN, SG KLEINWORT HAMBROS TRUST COMPANY (UK) LIMITED v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS [2024] UKUT 00058 (TCC)
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
    • Invalid date
    ...We should add that Mr Stone also relied on a decision of the High Court of Australia in Bywater Investments v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA 45. He did not place great emphasis on the decision and in our view it does not add anything to his detailed submissions on Wood v Holden and The......
  • Commissioner of Taxation v Pike
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • 22 September 2020
    ...FCR 424 Burton v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [2019] FCAFC 141; 271 FCR 548 Bywater Investments Limited v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA 45; 260 CLR 169 Commissioner of Taxation v Addy [2020] FCAFC 135 Commissioner of Taxation v Scone Race Club Limited [2019] FCAFC 225; 374 ALR 189......
  • Haworth and Others v R & C Commissioners
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
    • 4 March 2024
    ...We should add that Mr Stone also relied on a decision of the High Court of Australia in Bywater Investments v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA 45. He did not place great emphasis on the decision and in our view it does not add anything to his detailed submissions on Wood v Holden and Sma......
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5 firm's commentaries
  • Budget 2020-21: tax measures
    • Australia
    • JD Supra Australia
    • 9 October 2020
    ...amend the corporate residency test in response to the High Court’s decision in Bywater Investments Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA 45. The amendment will ensure that a company incorporated in a foreign jurisdiction is an Australian tax resident if it has a “significant eco......
  • Tax residence of foreign companies in light of Bywater
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 31 May 2017
    ...High Court decision in Bywater Investments Limited & Ors v Commissioner of Taxation; Hua Wang Bank Berhad v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA 45. Section 6(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 provides that a company is resident in Australia if it is incorporated in Australia or, ......
  • Proposed changes to Investment Manager Regime and Attribution Managed Investment Trust taxation rules
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 24 July 2017
    ...relevance of this clarification is made more significant given recent case law (Bywater Investments Limited v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA 45; 2016 ATC 20-589 and the Australian Taxation Office draft ruling, TR 2017/D2, which raised potential issues of Australian tax residence for le......
  • Wider tax exposure for foreign entities with Australian operations
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 29 December 2016
    ...High Court decision in Bywater Investments Limited & Ors V Commissioner Of Taxation; Hua Wang Bank Berhad V Commissioner Of Taxation [2016] HCA 45 (Bywater), answering this question may not be so In Bywater the High Court dismissed the appeals of the four foreign companies (the appellan......
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