Russell v Town and County Bank: HL 1888

Lord Herschell said: ‘The profit of a trade or business is the surplus by which the receipts from the trade or business exceed the expenditure necessary for the purpose of earning those receipts.’

Judges:

Lord Herschell

Citations:

(1888) 13 App Cas 418

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedGeoffrey Chatwin v Janice Lowther CA 21-May-2003
The case concerned the meaning of the phrase ‘compensation for earnings lost’ as it applied to self employed persons.
Held: The fact that a person’s accounts described fees as turnover, did not prevent them being still earnings within the Act. . .
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Income Tax

Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.185766