Questão jurídica principal
Whether a tenant may deduct housing rent to equalize allegedly too-low imputed rent taxation of owners.
Decisão extraída
No. Housing rent is living expense and not deductible under the tax statute; equality does not require granting a rent deduction to tenants.
Fundamentação extraída
The statute expressly excludes living costs, including rent, from deductible income expenses. Tenants and owner-occupiers are not directly comparable because owners are taxed on a notional benefit. A tenant cannot claim equal treatment in illegality where the imputed-rent regime is not shown to be unlawful.