Watson as trustee for the Murrindindi Bushfire Class Action Settlement Fund v Commissioner of Taxati

Appeal from: Watson as trustee for the Murrindindi Bushfire Class Action Settlement Fund v Commissioner of Taxation [2019] FCA 228

TAXATION – allowable deductions – where the taxpayer is the scheme administrator of the Murrindindi Bushfire Class Action Settlement Scheme – whether the costs and expenses incurred by the taxpayer in administering the Scheme are deductible under s 8-1 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) – whether the costs were incurred in gaining or producing assessable income – whether the costs were incurred in carrying on a business – whether the costs were an outgoing of capital or of a capital nature – appeal dismissed

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