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  • 8 Mar 1988

    DAVID HARDY GLYNN v. COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE

    Citation
    DAVID HARDY GLYNN v. COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCIA5/1987

    The 9 June 1982 agreement amounted to a novation extinguishing the taxpayer's prior contractual liability to the school so that thereafter the company contracted with and was primarily liable to the school; because the company paid its own obligation, no debt of the taxpayer was discharged and no money or money's worth 'came in' to the taxpayer; consequently the school fees paid by the company after novation were not taxable as a perquisite of the taxpayer.