There is no decided case in Australia yet regarding the application of general anti-avoidance rules to a transaction with respect to GST. However, this has been considered to some extent in a recent case in New Zealand, TRA No 001/02 v Commissioner of Inland Revenue. This paper considers the decision made by the New Zealand Taxation Review Authority on that case as a vehicle for speculating on the outcome under the general anti-avoidance rules contained in the Australian GST Act, had a scheme equivalent to the New Zealand scheme been implemented in Australia.
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eJournal of Tax Research Vol 1 No. 2.