This case gives rise to important implications for the taxation position for shareholders participating in share buyback schemes initiated by listed Companies. The High Court held that an amount of $514.00 - which represented the market value of the shares sellback rights of the shareholder/taxpayer at the date issued by the St George Bank - was assessable income according to ordinary concepts of taxation law. Commissioner of Taxation v. McNeil
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