Commissioner of Taxation v Spotless Services Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1996-1203 HCA A
Date1996
Year1996
CourtHigh Court

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  • Tax avoidance - a view from the dark side.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 39 No. 3, April 2016
    • 1 April 2016
    ...of Taxation v Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd (2001) 207 CLR 235. (58) Cf Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Spotless Services Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 404, 416 (Brennan CJ, Dawson, Toohey, Gaudron, Gummow and Kirby (59) (2015) 321 ALR 584, 672-3 [402]-[406], (60) There were earlier examples in N......
  • CHARITIES, ELECTION CAMPAIGNING AND THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 43 No. 2, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...and Gummow JJ). (250) Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674, 678 (Barwick CJ). (251) Federal Commission of Taxation v Spotless Services Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 404, 416 (Brennan CJ, Dawson, Toohey, Gaudron, Gummow and Kirby JJ) ('Spotless (252) [2004] 1 WLR 1466. (253) Ibid 1476 [32] (Lord Millett). ......
  • Tax uncertainty.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 3, December 2009
    • 1 December 2009
    ...Review 412, 416, quoting Robert Stevens, The English Judges: Their Role in the Changing Constitution (revised ed, 2005) 24, (88) (1996) 186 CLR 404, 422-3 (Brennan CJ, Dawson, Toohey, Gaudron, Gummow and Kirby J J), quoting Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Spotless Services Ltd (1995) 62 ......
  • Of 'sham' and other lessons for Australian revenue law.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 32 No. 3, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...NZLR 164, 175-7 (Turner J); Raftland (2008) 246 ALR 406, 428 (Kirby J). (38) Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Spotless Services Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 404, 416 (Brennan CJ, Dawson, Toohey, Gaudron, Gummow and Kirby JJ) ('Spotless'), quoting Frank Lyon Co v United States, 435 US 561, 580 (Blac......
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