Stedeford (Inspector of Taxes) v Beloe

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date11 March 1932
Judgment citation (vLex)[1932] UKHL J0311-1
CourtHouse of Lords

[1932] UKHL J0311-1

House of Lords

Stedeford (Inspector of Taxes)
and
Beloe.
1

After hearing Counsel for the Appellant this day, upon the Petition and Appeal of Ronald Vernon Stedeford, of 12, Surrey Street, Lowestoft, one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Taxes, praying, That the matter of the Order set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of His Majesty's Court of Appeal, of the 5th of May 1931, so far as therein stated to be appealed against, might be reviewed before His Majesty the King, in His Court of Parliament, and that the said Order, so far as aforesaid, might be reversed, varied, or altered, or that the Petitioner might have such other relief in the premises as to His Majesty the King, in His Court of Parliament, might seem meet; as also upon the printed Case of Margaret Clarissa Beloe (Executrix of R. D. Beloe, deceased), lodged in answer to the said Appeal; and Counsel appearing for the Respondent, but not being called upon; and due consideration being had of what was offered for the said Appellant:

2

It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in the Court of Parliament of His Majesty the King assembled, That the said Order of His Majesty's Court of Appeal, of the 5th day of May 1931, in part complained of in the said Appeal, be, and the same is hereby, Affirmed, and that the said Petition and Appeal be, and the same is hereby, dismissed this House: And it is further Ordered, That the Appellant do pay, or...

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  • McMann v Shaw
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 15 March 1972
    ...Finlay J. indicated in Kemp v. Evans (1935) 20 T.C. 14, and as was accepted before me, was passed in consequence ofStedeford v. Beloe(1) 16 T.C. 505, where it was held that an annual pension to a retired headmaster by the council of his school under the school's statutes was not assessable ......
  • TC03026: Versteegh Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)
    • 6 November 2013
    ...in IR Commrs v Falkirk Ice Rink LtdTAX(1975) 51 TC 42. These cases can, however, be contrasted with that of Stedeford (HMIT) v BeloeTAX(1932) 16 TC 505, where an annual pension voluntarily awarded to the retired headmaster of Bradfield College was held not to be taxable. It was not taxable ......
  • Odey Asset Management LLP and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)
    • 4 February 2021
    ...a source for the purposes of s. 687, being the Member's work for and membership of Odey. This was not, as in Stedeford (HMIT) v Beloe (1932) 16 TC 505, a receipt which depended entirely on the goodwill of the payer such that it was a voluntary gift. Issue 3: Whether an amount reallocated as......
  • Kerrison
    • United Kingdom
    • First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)
    • 19 April 2017
    ...decided that payments under a power contained in a will were income on a similar basis. In contrast, in Stedeford (HMIT) v Beloe TAX(1932) 16 TC 505 a pension granted to a headmaster on his retirement was held to be entirely voluntary because there was no obligation at all on the governors ......
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