Newton v Commissioner of Taxation of Australia

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1958
Year1958
Date1958
CourtPrivy Council
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107 cases
  • Tupicoff v Federal Commissioner of Taxation
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Comptroller of Income Tax v AQQ
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 26 February 2014
    ...test’ that emerged from Lord Denning's judgment in Lauri Joseph Newton v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia[1958] 1 AC 450:at [45] . (3) The threshold limb under s 33 (1) (c) caught arrangements that had the purpose or effect of reducing or avoiding any liability impo......
  • Hollyock v Federal Commissioner of Taxation
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • CEC v Comptroller of Income Tax
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 18 June 1971
    ...I consider to be the more authoritative wisdom of the judgment of Lord Denning in the Privy Council in Newton v Commissioner of Taxation [1958] AC 450. Lord Denning was considering an Australian case in which s 260 was invoked and his judgment contains a full discussion of the various point......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • PART 4: Trust distributions are under ATO attack, are you ready?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 8 December 2021
    ...in the context of section 100A. The genesis of the term came from a Privy Council decision in Newton v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1958) 98 CLR 1. That case, however, was about section 260 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) - the predecessor to Part IVA - and not about sectio......
  • PART 4: Trust distributions are under ATO attack, are you ready?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 8 December 2021
    ...in the context of section 100A. The genesis of the term came from a Privy Council decision in Newton v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1958) 98 CLR 1. That case, however, was about section 260 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) - the predecessor to Part IVA - and not about sectio......
  • Section 100A Reimbursement Agreements: The ATO finalises its views'for now
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 12 April 2023
    ...to strongly encourage close attention to the examples in the various products. Footnotes 1 Newton v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1958) 98 CLR 1. 2 The Taxpayer Alert was released as a final document with the release of the draft TR 2022/4 and PCG 2022/2. 3 Guardian AIT Pty Ltd ATF Aust......
4 books & journal articles
  • EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND SECTION 377A OF THE PENAL CODE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2019, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...26 at [133] and [134]. 71 Lim Meng Suang v Attorney-General [2015] 1 SLR 26 at [133] and [134]. 72 In Newton v Commissioner of Taxation [1958] AC 450 at 465, Lord Denning says: “The word ‘purpose’ means, not motive but the effect which it is sought to achieve – the end in view. The word ‘ef......
  • Revenue and Tax Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2014, December 2014
    • 1 December 2014
    ...predication principle in the Privy Council case of Lauri Joseph Newton v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia[1958] 1 AC 450 in this regard, that is, whether it may be predicated from the observable acts by which an arrangement was implemented that it was implemented in......
  • Tax uncertainty.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 3, December 2009
    • 1 December 2009
    ...(Cth) s 177A(5). (99) Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) s 177D(a). (100) Hart (2004) 217 CLR 216, 243 (Gummow and Hayne J J). (101) [1958] AC 450, 465-6 (Lord Denning for Viscount Simonds, Lords Tucker, Keith, Somervell and (102) Explanatory Memorandum, Income Tax Laws Amendment Bill (No......
  • Revenue and Tax Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2012, December 2012
    • 1 December 2012
    ...by Lord Denning in the oft-cited Privy Council case of Lauri Joseph Newton v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia[1958] AC 450 similarly applies to s 33. The predication principle (as explained in AQQ at [72]): …requires the court to objectively determine the tax avoida......
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