Question juridique clé
Whether depreciation on the property GB C. No. 0001 is tax-deductible for 2012.
Solution extraite
Yes. Because the property belonged to business assets and no commercial real-estate trading was involved, periodic loss in value could be depreciated.
Motifs extraits
The court distinguished between real-estate dealers and ordinary self-employed taxpayers. The rule denying depreciation on investment properties applies to dealers; here the taxpayer was not a dealer, and the property was part of business assets. Depreciation cannot be refused on a flat basis where business assets suffer regular value decline.