BIM14045 - Schedule D: General principles

The UK Courts have been applying our Income Tax law since, broadly, the latter part of the nineteenth century. These decisions have produced case law which helps the application of the statute in similar situations. In addition, principles of wider application have evolved, some of which are discussed as follows:

Distinction between capital and revenueBIM14050
Meaning of 'annual' profits or gainsBIM14060
The source doctrineBIM14065
Meaning of 'property whatsoever'BIM14070