Anderson's Pty Ltd v Victoria
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| Anderson's Pty Ltd v Victoria | |
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| Court | High Court of Australia |
| Decided | 17 December 1964 |
| Citation(s) | [1964] HCA 77, (1964) 111 CLR 353 |
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| Judge(s) sitting | Barwick CJ, McTiernan, Kitto, Taylor, Menzies and Windeyer JJ |
Anderson's Pty Ltd v Victoria,[1] is a High Court of Australia case that dealt with Section 90 of the Constitution of Australia. In this case, following on from such cases as Dennis Hotels Pty Ltd v Victoria,[2] Barwick CJ accepted the broad approach to the definition of an excise, but rejected the formalistic criterion of liability approach for determining if the excise falls at the relevant step. He adopted the substance over form approach, or the substantial effects doctrine, in that there are many factors to be considered, for example, the indirectness of the tax, its effect on the cost of goods and its proximity to the production or distribution of the goods.
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- ^ Anderson's Pty Ltd v Victoria [1964] HCA 77, (1964) 111 CLR 353 (17 December 1964), High Court.
- ^ Dennis Hotels Pty Ltd v Victoria [1960] HCA 10, (1960) 104 CLR 529 (26 February 1960), High Court.
- Winterton, G. et al. Australian federal constitutional law: commentary and materials, 1999. LBC Information Services, Sydney.
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