David Charles Adams v The Queen - SC 37/2006
Summary
Criminal – appeal against conviction for fraudulently using a document (a GST return) for the purposes of obtaining a pecuniary advantage – applicant incorporated a company for the purposes of reducing ACC levies of clients – applicant secured set-off against company’s GST liability and avoided accounting for GST collected by company – whether Court of Appeal erred in refusing to accept defence (not raised at trial) that company not liable for GST as not carrying on a taxable activity as defined in s 6 Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 – constitutional consequences of acceptance of applicant’s argument adverted to by Court of Appeal. CA 313/05 12 April 2006
Result
Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
21 July 2006
21 July 2006
Related Documents
Court of Appeal decision — The Queen v Adams [2006] NZCA 65; (2006) 22 NZTC 19,872 (12 April 2006)
Leave judgment - leave dismissed — ADAMS v R SC 37/2006 [21 July 2006] (PDF 74 KB)