Predication: The Test For Tax Avoidance in New Zealand From Newton to Ben Nevis

General anti-avoidance rules in income tax legislation are a blunt instrument. They can operate most effectively when decision makers move directly from the rule, such as "Arrangements with the purpose of tax avoidance are void against the Commissioner" to the facts, for example, "Objectively, do these facts demonstrate a purpose of avoidance?", or to paraphrase Lord Denning's test, "Viewing these facts objectively, can one predicate an avoidance purpose?"