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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9 cases
  • Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs v Development Securities Plc and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • December 15, 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......
  • Commissioner of Taxation v Pike
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • September 22, 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......
  • Development Securities Plc and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
    • June 5, 2019
    ...in reality CMC is exercised by a different body in Country A.1414See, for example, Bywater Investments Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA 45, in particular at [12], [27] and [28] (Bywater Investments). The place of central management and control is the place of paramount authority.15......
  • Gould v Jordan (No 2)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • October 22, 2021
    ...Investments Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2015] FCAFC 176; (2015) 236 FCR 520 Bywater Investments Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] HCA 45; (2016) 260 CLR 169 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd [1998] HCA 37; (1998) 193 CLR 519 Cook v Alexander [1974] 1 QB 279 Cornwell v Channel ......
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5 firm's commentaries
  • Wider tax exposure for foreign entities with Australian operations
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • December 29, 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......
  • Proposed changes to Investment Manager Regime and Attribution Managed Investment Trust taxation rules
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • July 24, 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......
  • Budget 2020-21: tax measures
    • Australia
    • JD Supra Australia
    • October 9, 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
    • May 31, 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, ......
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