Steele v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation

[1999] HCA 7
Judgment date
Case number
P30/1998
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummow, Kirby, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Taxation and revenue – Income tax – Interest paid on loan for purpose of purchasing land intended for commercial development – Deductions – Interest on borrowed moneys – Losses or outgoings of a capital nature or incurred in gaining assessable income – Temporal relationship between incurred outgoing and receipt of income – Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) s 51 (1).

Words and phrases – "The assessable income" – "Outgoings of a capital nature".