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McGowan v Brown & Cousins (t/a Stuart Edwards) Ch D 1977 2 TC 8 [1977] STC 342 [1977] 1 WLR 1403 [1977] 3 All ER 844
An ex gratia payment was received by an estate agent for not being appointed letting agents to a new development. The agent had previously acted when the building site was purchased and had not adequately been remunerated. It was held to be a taxable supply as the gift was both solicited and expected and referred to work previously done.
