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Goods and Service TaxArticle·29 December 2025

Deemed Fiction: when GST taxes Assumptions.

By JustIDT

Executive Summary

GST promised to tax economic reality, but increasingly relies on legal fictions to do so. Deeming provisions serve legitimate anti-avoidance goals, and where they begin taxing assumptions, internal organisation, and accounting entries instead of real transactions. This Note by J the App by JustIDT delves into at what point does GST stop following substance and start colliding with constitutional and commercial reality.

Deeming Fictions versus Economic Substance under GST; How Far Can Legal Fictions Travel Before They Collide with Constitutional and Commercial Reality?

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