BIRT, POTTER & HUGHES, LTD. v. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE.
(1927) 27 Ll.L.Rep. 84
COURT OF APPEAL.
Before the Master of the Rolls (Lord Hanworth), Lord Justice Sargant and Lord Justice Lawrence.
Revenue - Excess Profits Duty - Profits - Company carrying on separate businesses - Right of company to set off deficiencies incurred in one business against profits in another - Unit of assessment-Whether the personality or the activity-Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915, Sects. 38, 39, 40.