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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