Carvill v Commissioners of Inland Revenue

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 2000
Date01 January 2000
CourtSpecial Commissioners

special commissioners decision

Carvill
and
Commissioners of Inland Revenue

Income tax - Tax avoidance - Transfer of assets abroad - Whether defence in Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 section 741Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 s 741 applied - Whether test subjective or objective - Subjective - Formation of Bermuda holding company - whether bona fide commercial transaction not designed for tax avoidance - Whether various transactions were associated operations - Whether individual could be transferor of assets made by another individual - Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 section 739 section 741Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 s 739, 741

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12 cases
  • Fisher and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)
    • 14 August 2014
    ...operations". In this respect, a number of cases were considered, including Fynn v IR CommrsTAX(1957) 37 TC 629, Carvill v IR CommrsSCD(2000) Sp C 233; Herdman v IR Commrs (1966-1969) 45 TC 394. The FTT conclude that an associated operation had to be "in relation to" the transferred assets a......
  • Carvill v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 29 July 2003
    ...(Trustees of the Abdul Gaffoor Trust) v Commissioner of Income Tax, Colombo ELR[1961] AC 584 Carvill v IR Commrs TAXTAX[1996] BTC 72; (1995) 70 TC 126 Eagerpath Ltd v Edwards TAX[2001] BTC 12 Herdman v IR Commrs TAX(1969) 45 TC 394 Home Office v Wainwright UNK[2001] EWCA Civ 2081 Howard de ......
  • Carvill v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 24 July 2002
    ...Act 1970, but subsequently (after a substantially unsuccessful attempt to require Special Commissioner Everett to restate the Case—see [1995] 70 TC 126) withdrew his appeal to the High Court. He paid the tax in April 1995 and the statutory interest in June 1996. He now wants his money back.......
  • Fishers and Others v R & C Commissioners
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
    • 4 March 2020
    ...From the above, we summarise the following propositions in relation to the motive defence: The test is subjective. (Carvill v IR Commrs (2000) Sp C 233) Evidence of a person's reactions to what is said to them and circumstances as well as what they say their purpose is may be relevant. (Phi......
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