Questão jurídica principal
Whether the claimed brokerage commissions were deductible as usual acquisition/sale expenses in property gain tax.
Decisão extraída
The claimed commissions were not sufficiently proven to stem from valid brokerage contracts and therefore were not deductible.
Fundamentação extraída
Deduction requires a valid brokerage contract with a third party, brokerage activity leading to the transaction, payment of the fee, and only customary expenses. The company failed to substantiate the contracts and the concrete services; the burden of proof lay with it as the taxpayer claiming a reduction.