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03 June 2008 / Mike Scoltock
Issue: 4161 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Admin
A recent case highlights aspects of the expenses rules for employment income. MIKE SCOLTOCK explains its impact

KEY POINTS

  • Restating the general expenses rule
  • The bases of the expenses claims
  • A review of the Ansell v Brown case
  • An analysis of the Emms case
  • What does 'in the performance of' mean?
  • The duality principle

Professional rugby whether union or league does not commonly feature in Taxation but a recent Special Commissioners case Emms v Revenue and Customs Commissioners SpC 668 has re-highlighted the contentiousness around the strictness with which ITEPA 2003 s 336 (previously TA 1988 s 198) is applied.

The reader is referred to two excellent previous articles on the deductibility of the expenses of professional rugby union players: Failing to convert the taxman and A try for a revenue conversion both by Mike Down and David...

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