SUPREME COURT.
BORTHWIGK AND SONS V. COMMISSIONER P'F TAXES.
| Pint Punas'" Association.! WELLINGTON, October 20. The full Bench of the Supreme Court sat to-day, and took the case of Thos. Bortlnvick and Sons, Australia, v. The Commissioner of Taxes. The appellants were called upon by the Commissioner of Taxes to furnish returns for three years ending September 30th, 1909, but did not do so, and were assessed on sums of £27,491 up to £65,225. Appellants objected, but •brought a case before the Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch, and now appeal, on the ground that there were no profits derived from New Zealand in those years, and that it was not proved that the transactions on which the assessment was based were sales within New Zealand. 'Other technical objections were raised, based.on various sections of the Land and Income Tax Act. Messrs. Hosking and Harper appear for appellants and Messrs Stringer and Myers for the respondent.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2638, 21 October 1909, Page 5
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154SUPREME COURT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2638, 21 October 1909, Page 5
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