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Lost deposit on rescinded contract for property lease was not an allowable loss

By Mark McLaughlin, April 2022

A lost deposit originally paid at the time of an agreement for the grant of a lease on property as a part payment of the premium due on completion where the taxpayer defaulted on the next stage payment resulting in the contract being rescinded was not an allowable loss.

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