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

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2013 Notices

Fixing of Rate per Kilometre in respect of motor vehicles for the purposes of section 8(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) of the Income Tax Act, 1962

1. Definition

 

In this Schedule, "value" in relation to a motor vehicle used by the recipient of an allowance as contemplated in section 8(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) of the Income Tax Act, 1962, means—

 

(a) where that motor vehicle (not being a motor vehicle in respect of which paragraph (b)(ii) of this definition applies) was acquired by that recipient under a bona fide agreement of sale or exchange concluded by parties dealing at arm's length, the original cost thereof to him/her, including any value-added tax but excluding any finance charge or interest payable by him/her in respect of the acquisition thereof;
(b) where that motor vehicle—
(i) is held by that recipient under a lease contemplated in paragraph (b) of the definition of "instalment credit agreement" in section 1 of the Value-Added Tax Act, 1991; or
(ii) was held by him/her under such a lease and the ownership thereof was acquired by him/her on the termination of the lease,

the cash value thereof as contemplated in the definition of "cash value" in section 1 of the Value-Added Tax Act; or

(c) in any other case, the market value of that motor vehicle at the time when that recipient first obtained the vehicle or the right of use thereof, plus an amount equal to value added tax which would have been payable in respect of the purchase of the vehicle had it been purchased by the recipient at that time at a price equal to that market value.