Victoria v Commonwealth (1957)
| Victoria v Commonwealth | |
|---|---|
| Court | High Court of Australia |
| Full case name | The State of Victoria & another v The Commonwealth; The State of NSW & another v The Commonwealth |
| Decided | 23 August 1957 |
| Citations | [1957] HCA 54, (1957) 99 CLR 575 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Dixon CJ, McTiernan, Williams, Webb, Fullagar, Kitto and Taylor JJ |
| Case opinions | |
| (7:0) The State Grants Act 1942 was valid under the taxation power (4:3) Section 221 of the Income Tax and Social Services Contribution Assessment Act is not a valid exercise of the taxation power (per Dixon CJ, McTiernan, Kitto and Taylor JJ) | |
| Laws applied | |
This case overturned a previous ruling | |
| South Australia v Commonwealth (First Uniform Tax case) | |
Victoria v Commonwealth, ("the Second Uniform Tax case") is a High Court of Australia case that affirmed the Commonwealth government's ability to impose a scheme of uniform income tax, adding to Australia's vertical fiscal imbalance in the spending requirements and taxing abilities of the various levels of government.