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Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)

Customs and Excise Rules

Chapter VA : Environmental Levy Goods

Application of provisions

Environmental levy in respect of carbon tax imposed in terms of Carbon Tax Act, 2019

Application of provisions and definitions

 

54FD.01
(a) The provisions of these rules apply to—
(i) the carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions generated in the Republic liable to environmental levy in terms of item 157.00 in Section F of Part 3 of Schedule No. 1;
(ii) the consolidated licensing of the emissions facilities of a taxpayer as its customs and excise manufacturing warehouse for the generation of emissions liable to carbon tax;
(iii) the calculation of the amount of environmental levy payable by a taxpayer for each tax period in respect of its licensed customs and excise manufacturing warehouse;
(iv) the submission of account and payment of environmental levy due by a taxpayer in respect of its licensed customs and excise manufacturing warehouse; and
(v) other matters relating to the administration of environmental levy for purposes of Chapter VA.
(b) For purposes of Chapter VA, these rules and any form to which these rules relate, unless the context otherwise indicates, any reference to—

"customs and excise manufacturing warehouse"

means the combination of each of the emissions facilities of a taxpayer that must be consolidated and licensed as such a warehouse.

"emissions facility"

means the premises where a taxable activity occurs over which the taxpayer has operational control.

"environmental levy"

means environmental levy in terms of item 157.00 in Section F of Part 3 of Schedule No. 1.

"licensee"

means the taxpayer that holds a licence in respect of a customs and excise manufacturing warehouse.

"taxable activity"

means an activity listed in Schedule 2 of the Carbon Tax Act in respect of which a—

(i) taxpayer has an aggregated installed capacity equal to or above the tax threshold; or
(ii) tax threshold indicated as ‘none’ applies.

"tax threshold"

means the value determined by matching the activity listed in the column ‘Activity/Sector’ with the corresponding entry in the column ‘Threshold’ in Schedule 2 of the Carbon Tax Act.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter VA and these rules—
(i) section 60 and the rules thereunder, including the definitions in such rules; and
(ii) any provision of this Act relating to a customs and excise manufacturing warehouse; liability for duty; submission of account; payment of duty; keeping of books, accounts and documents; responsibility of the licensee; and any other requirement prescribed in connection with any such warehouse;

shall apply with any necessary changes as the context may require to any licensee contemplated in these rules.

 

[Rule 54FD.01 inserted by section 1 of Notice No. R.1700, GG42926, dated 23 December 2019]