The Scottish North American Trust, Ltd v Farmer (Surveyor of Taxes): HL 14 Dec 1911

A financial and investment company which has obtained in the course of its business, for the purpose of paying for securities purchased by it, loans from bankers in New York for periods not exceeding six months, is entitled, in striking its balance of profits for the purpose of income tax, to deduct the interest paid on such loans, which are not to be regarded as additional capital.

Judges:

Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), Lord Atkinson, Lord Gorell, and Lord Shaw

Citations:

[1911] UKHL 114, 49 SLR 114

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Income Tax

Updated: 28 March 2022; Ref: scu.619226