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Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962)

Chapter II : The Taxes

Part V : Donations Tax

62. Value of property disposed of under donations

 

(1) For the purposes of donations tax the value of any property shall be deemed to be—
(a) in the case of any fiduciary, usufructuary or other like interest in property, an amount determined by capitalizing at twelve per cent. the annual value of the right of enjoyment of the property over which such interest was or is held, to the extent to which the donee becomes entitled to such right of enjoyment, over the expectation of life of the donor, or if such right of enjoyment is to be held for a lesser period than the life of the donor, over such lesser period;
(b) in the case of any right to any annuity, an amount equal to the value of the annuity capitalized at twelve per cent. over the expectation of life of the donor, or if such right is to be held by the donee for a lesser period than the life of the donor, over such lesser period;
(c) in the case of a right of ownership in any movable or immovable property which is subject to a usufructuary or other like interest in favour of any person, the amount by which the fair market value of the full ownership of such property exceeds the value of such interest, determined—
(i) in the case of a usufructuary interest, by capitalizing at twelve per cent. the annual value of the right of enjoyment of the property subject to such usufructuary interest over the expectation of life of the person entitled to such interest, or, if such right of enjoyment is to be held for a lesser period than the life of such person, over such lesser period;
(ii) in the case of an annuity charged upon the property, by capitalizing at twelve per cent. the amount of the annuity over the expectation of life of the person entitled to such annuity, or, if it is to be held for a lesser period than the life of such person, over such lesser period; or
(iii) in the case of any other interest, by capitalizing at twelve per cent such amount as the Commissioner may consider reasonable as representing the annual yield of such interest, over the expectation of life of the person entitled to such interest, or, if such interest is to be held for a lesser period than the life of such person, over such lesser period;
(d) in the case of any other property, the fair market value of such property as at the date upon which the donation takes effect: Provided that in any case in which, as a result of conditions which in the opinion of the Commissioner were imposed by or at the instance of the donor, the value of any property is reduced in consequence of the donation, the value of such property shall be determined as though the conditions in terms of which the value of the said property is reduced in consequence of the donation, had not been imposed.

 

(1A) Where any company not quoted on any stock exchange owns immovable property on which bona fide farming operations are being carried on in the Republic, the value of such immovable property shall, in so far as it is relevant for the purposes of determining the value of any shares in such company, be determined in the manner prescribed in the definition of "fair market value" in section 55(1).

 

(2) For the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (1) the annual value of the right of enjoyment of a property means an amount equal to twelve per cent. upon the value of the full ownership of the property which is subject to any fiduciary, usufructuary or other like interest: Provided that—
(a) where the Commissioner is satisfied that the property which is subject to any such interest could not reasonably be expected to produce an annual yield equal to 12 per cent on such value of the property, the Commissioner may fix such sum as representing the annual yield as may seem to him to be reasonable, and the sum so fixed shall for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (1) be deemed to be the annual value of the enjoyment of such property;
(b) where the property which is subject to any such interest consists of books, pictures, statuary or other objects of art, the annual value of the right of enjoyment shall for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection(1) be deemed to be the average net receipts (if any) derived by the person entitled to such right of enjoyment of such property during the three years immediately preceding the date on which the donation took effect.

 

(3) Where for the purposes of subsection (1) any calculation is required to be made over the expectation of life of any person, such calculation shall, in the case of a person who is not a natural person, be made over a period of fifty years.

 

(4) If the Commissioner is of the opinion that the amount shown in any return as the fair market value of any property is less than the fair market value of that property, he or she may fix the fair market value of that property, and the value so fixed is deemed for the purposes of this Part to be the fair market value of such property.

 

(5) In fixing the fair market value of any property in terms of subsection (4), the Commissioner shall have regard inter alia—
(a) to the municipal or divisional council valuation (if any) of such property,
(b) to any sworn valuation of such property furnished by or on behalf of the donor or the donee; and
(c) to any valuation of such property made by any competent and disinterested person appointed by the Commissioner.