Laidler v Perry: HL 8 Apr 1965

HL Income Tax, Schedule E – Christmas gift voucher – Whether assessable – Income Tax Act, 1952 (15 and 16 Geo. VI and 1 Eliz. II, c. 10), Section 156; Finance Act, 1956 (4 and 5 Eliz. II, c. 54), Second Schedule, Paragraph 1(1).
Lord Reid said: ‘There is a wealth of authority on this matter and various glosses on or paraphrases of the words in the Act appear in judicial opinions, including speeches in this House. No doubt they were helpful in the circumstances of the cases in which they were used, but in the end we must always return to the words in the statute . . ‘

Citations:

[1965] UKHL TC – 42 – 351, 42 TC 351, [1966] AC 16, [1965] 2 All ER 121, [1965] 2 WLR 1171

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Statutes:

Finance Act 1956, Income Tax Act 1952

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedRFC 2012 Plc (Formerly The Rangers Football Club Plc) v Advocate General for Scotland SC 5-Jul-2017
The Court was asked whether an employee’s remuneration is taxable as his or her emoluments or earnings when it is paid to a third party in circumstances in which the employee had no prior entitlement to receive it himself or herself.
Held: The . .
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Updated: 17 June 2022; Ref: scu.559794