(1)
(a)
| (i) |
There shall be included in the taxable income of any person (hereinafter referred to as the "recipient") for any year of assessment any amount which has been paid or granted during that year by his or her principal as an allowance or advance, excluding any portion of any allowance or advance to the extent that the allowance or advance or a portion of the allowance or advance is exempt from normal tax under section 10(1) or has actually been expended by that recipient— |
[Words preceding section (8)(1)(a)(i)(aa) substituted by section 6(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 34 of 2019), GG 42951, 15 January 2020]
| (aa) |
on travelling on business, as contemplated in paragraph (b) unless an allowance or advance has been granted by an employer in respect of the use of a motor vehicle as contemplated in paragraph 7 of the Seventh Schedule; |
[Section (8)(a)(1)(aa) substituted by section 10(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2010 (Act No. 7 of 2010) - effective 1 March 2011]
| (bb) |
on any accommodation, meals and other incidental costs, as contemplated in paragraph (c), while such recipient is by reason of the duties of his or her office or employment obliged to spend at least one night away from his or her usual place of residence in the Republic; or |
| (cc) |
by reason of the duties attendant upon his or her office, as contemplated in paragraph (d). |
| (ii) |
There shall not be included in the taxable income of a person in terms of the provisions of paragraph (a)(i), any amount paid or granted by a principal in reimbursement of, or as an advance for, any expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the recipient— |
(aa)
| (A) |
on the instruction of his or her principal; or |
| (B) |
where the recipient is allowed by his or her principal to incur expenditure on meals and other incidental costs while such recipient is by reason of the duties of his or her office or employment obliged to spend a part of a day away from his or her usual place of work or employment, not exceeding an amount determined by way of notice in the Gazette, |
in the furtherance of the trade of that principal; and
[Section 8(1)(a)(ii)(aa) substituted by section 4(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2020 (Act No. 23 of 2020), GG44083, dated 20 January 2021 - comes into operation on 1 March 2021 and applies in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date (section 4(2)]
| (bb) |
where that recipient must produce proof to that principal that such expenditure was wholly incurred as aforesaid and must account to that principal for that expenditure: |
Provided that where that expenditure was incurred to acquire any asset, the ownership in that asset must vest in that principal.
| (iii) |
For the purposes of this paragraph, "principal" in relation to a recipient includes his or her employer or the authority, company, body or other organisation in relation to which any office is held, or any associated institution, as defined in the Seventh Schedule, in relation to such employer, authority, company, body or organisation. |
| (iv) |
The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in respect of any amount paid or granted as an allowance or advance that is received by or accrued to a person in respect of— |
| (aa) |
the holding of a public office by that person as contemplated in section 9(2)(g); or. |
| (bb) |
services rendered or work or labour performed by that person as contemplated in section 9(2)(h), |
if that person is stationed outside the Republic and that amount is attributable to services rendered by that person outside the Republic.
[Section 8(1)(a)(iv) substituted by section 9(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 22 of 2012) - effective 1 January 2012]
[Section 8(1)(a)(iv) substituted by section 12(1)(a) of Act No. 30 of 2002 - effective 1 March 2002]
| (b) |
For the purposes of paragraph (a)(i)(aa)— |
| (i) |
any allowance or advance in respect of transport expenses shall, to the extent to which such allowance or advance has been expended by the recipient on private travelling (including travelling between his or her place of residence and his or her place of employment or business or any other travelling done for his or her private or domestic purposes), be deemed not to have been actually expended on travelling on business; |
[Section 8(1)(b)(i) substituted by section 5(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2014 (Act No. 43 of 2014)]
| (ii) |
subject to the provisions of subparagraph (iii), where such allowance or advance has been paid to the recipient in order that it may be utilized for defraying expenditure in respect of any motor vehicle used by the recipient, the portion of the allowance expended by the recipient during the year of assessment for business purposes shall, unless an acceptable calculation based on accurate data is furnished by the recipient, be deemed to be an amount calculated by applying the rate per kilometre determined in the manner prescribed by the Minister of Finance by notice in the Gazette for the category of vehicle used, on a distance travelled during the said year for business purposes (other than private travelling as contemplated in subparagraph (i)): Provided that where an allowance or advance is deemed to have accrued under section 7B to the recipient in the year of assessment during which that allowance or advance is paid, the distance travelled for business purposes in respect of which that allowance or advance is received shall be deemed to have been travelled during the year in which that allowance or advance is paid; |
[Section 8(1)(b)(ii) proviso inserted by section 6(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 34 of 2019), GG 42951, dated 15 January 2020]
| (iii) |
where such allowance or advance is based on the actual distance travelled by the recipient in using a motor vehicle on business (excluding the said private travelling), or such actual distance is proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioner to have been travelled by the recipient, the amount expended by the recipient on such business travelling shall, unless the contrary appears, be deemed to be an amount determined on such actual distance at the rate per kilometre fixed by the Minister of Finance by notice in the Gazette for the category of vehicle used: Provided that where an allowance or advance is deemed to have accrued under section 7B to the recipient in the year of assessment during which that allowance or advance is paid, the distance travelled for business purposes in respect of which that allowance or advance is received shall be deemed to have been travelled during the year in which that allowance or advance is paid; |
Section 8(1)(b)(iii) proviso inserted by section 6(c) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 34 of 2019), GG 42951, dated 15 January 2020]
| (iiiA) |
where the portion of the allowance or advance which is claimed by the recipient to be actually expended is calculated based on accurate data furnished by the recipient in respect of any vehicle— |
| (aa) |
in the case of a vehicle that is being leased, the total amount of payments in respect of that lease may not in any year of assessment exceed an amount of the fixed cost determined by the Minister in the notice contemplated in subparagraph (ii), for the category of vehicle used; |
| (A) |
the wear and tear of that vehicle must be determined over a period of seven years from the date of original acquisition by that recipient and the cost of the vehicle must for this purpose be limited to R800 000, or such other amount determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette; and |
[Section 8(1)(b)(iiiA)(bb)(A) substituted by section 5(1) of the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Act, 2023, GG49948, dated 22 December 2023 - is deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 2023 and applies in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date (section 5(2))]
| (B) |
the finance charges in respect of any debt incurred in respect of the purchase of that vehicle must be limited to an amount which would have been incurred had the original debt been R800 000, or such other amount determined by the Minister in terms of subitem (A); |
[Section 8(1)(b)(iiiA)(bb)(B) substituted by section 5(1) of the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Act, 2023, GG49948, dated 22 December 2023 - is deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 2023 and applies in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date (section 5(2))]
| (iv) |
where any motor vehicle which is owned or leased by an employee, his spouse or his child, whether directly or indirectly by virtue of an interest in a company or trust or otherwise, has been let to the employer or any associated institution in relation to the employer, the sum of the rental paid by the employer or associated institution and any expenditure defrayed by the employer or associated institution in respect of the vehicle, shall be deemed to be an allowance paid to the employee in respect of transport expenses, and in such case the said rental shall for the purposes of this Act (excluding this paragraph) be deemed not to have been received by or to have accrued to the lessor of such motor vehicle, and for the purposes of paragraph 2 (b) of the Seventh Schedule such employee shall be deemed not to have been granted the right to use such motor vehicle. |
[Section 8(1)(b)(iv) inserted by section 5(1)(a) of Act No. 101 of 1990]
[Section 8(1)(b) substituted by section 12(1)(b) of Act No. 30 of 2002 - effective 1 March 2002]
| (c) |
A recipient shall, for the purposes of paragraph (a)(i)(bb), be deemed to have actually expended— |
| (i) |
where that recipient proves to the Commissioner the amount of the expenses incurred by him or her in respect of accommodation, meals or other incidental costs (other than any amount of expenditure borne by the employer otherwise than by way of payment or granting of the allowance), the amount so actually incurred but limited to the amount of the allowance or advance paid or granted to meet those expenses; or |
| (ii) |
for each day or part of a day in the period during which that recipient is absent from his or her usual place of residence, such amount in respect of meals and other incidental costs, or incidental costs only, as the Commissioner may determine for a country or region for the relevant year of assessment by way of notice in the Gazette, but limited to the amount of the allowance paid or granted to meet those expenses: Provided that this subparagraph does not apply to the extent that— |
| (aa) |
the employer has borne the expenses (otherwise than by way of granting the allowance or advance) in respect of which the allowance was paid or granted for that day or part of that day; or |
| (bb) |
the recipient has proved to the Commissioner any amount of actual expenditure in respect of meals or incidental costs for that day or part of that day, as contemplated in subparagraph (i). |
[Section 8(1)(c)(ii) substituted by section 5(a) of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2006 (Act No. 20 of 2006)]
[Section 8(1)(c) substituted by section 12(1)(c) of Act No. 30 of 2002 - effective 1 March 2002]
| (d) |
Any allowance granted to the holder of any public office contemplated in paragraph (e) to enable him to defray expenditure incurred by him in connection with such office shall for the purposes of paragraph (a) be deemed to have been so expended by him to the extent that expenditure relevant to such allowance and not otherwise recoverable by him has actually been incurred by him for the purposes of his office in respect of— |
| (i) |
secretarial services, duplicating services, stationery, postage, telephone calls, the hire of office accommodation and the maintenance of such accommodation; |
| (iii) |
hospitality extended at any official or civic function which the holder of such office is by reason of the nature of such office normally expected to arrange; |
| (iv) |
[Section 8(1)(d)(iv) deleted by section 12(1)(d) of Act No. 30 of 2002 - effective 1 March 2002]; |
| (v) |
subsistence and incidental costs incurred in the circumstances contemplated in paragraph (c). |
[Section 8(1)(d)(v) substituted by section 6(d) of Act No. 85 of 1987];
| (e) |
For the purposes of paragraph (d) the holder of a public office includes— |
| (i) |
the President, Deputy President, a Minister, Deputy Minister, a member of the National Assembly, a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces, a Premier, a member of an Executive Council or a member of a provincial legislature; |
[Section 8(1)(e)(i) substituted by section 14(1)(a) of Act No. 53 of 1999 - effective 1 March 1999]
| (ii) |
any member of a municipal council, a traditional leader, a member of a provincial House of Traditional Leaders and a member of the Council of Traditional Leaders; and |
[Section 8(1)(e)(ii) substituted by section 14(1)(a) of Act No. 53 of 1999 - effective 1 March 2000]
| (iii) |
a person occupying the office of president, chairman or chief executive officer of any non-profit making organization which is organized on a national or regional basis to represent persons with common interests and the funds of which are derived wholly or mainly from subscriptions of members or donations from the general public. |
[Section 8(1)(e)(iii) substituted by section 6(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1992 (Act No. 141 of 1992)]
| (f) |
Where it is expected of any person contemplated in paragraph (e)(i) to defray any expenditure referred to in paragraph (d) out of his salary received as the holder of any public office, an amount equal to a portion (which shall be determined by the National Assembly or the President, as the case may be, as provided for in the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998)) of such salary shall for the purposes of paragraph (d) be deemed to be an allowance granted to such person. |
[Section 8(1)(f) substituted by section 14(1)(b) of Act No. 53 of 1999 - effective 1 March 1999]
| (g) |
Where, during any year of assessment, any person contemplated in paragraph (e) has held a public office for less than 12 months, the amount determined in terms of paragraph (f), shall be reduced to an amount which bears to the relevant amount, the same ratio as the number of months (in the determination of which a part of a month shall be reckoned as a full month), for which the office was held bears to 12 months. |
[Section 8(1)(g) substituted by section 12(1)(3) of Act No. 30 of 2002 - effective 1 March 2002]
| (2) |
[Section 8(2) deleted by section 6(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1992 (Act No. 141 of 1992)] |
| (3) |
[Section 8(3) deleted by section 6(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1992 (Act No. 141 of 1992)] |
(4)
| (a) |
There shall be included in the taxpayer's income all amounts allowed to be deducted or set off under the provisions of sections 11 to 20, inclusive, section 24D, section 24F, section 24G section 24I, section 24J , section 27(2)(b) and section 37B(2) of this Act, except section 11(k), 11(n), 11(p) and (q), section 11F, section 12(2) or section 12(2) as applied by section 12(3), section 12A(3), section 13(5), or section 13(5), as applied by section 13(8), or section 13bis(7), section 15(a) or section 15A, or under the corresponding provisions of any previous Income Tax Act, whether in the current or any previous year of assessment which have been recovered or recouped during the current year of assessment: Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in respect of any such amount so recovered or recouped which has been— |
| (i) |
included in the gross income of such taxpayer in terms of paragraph or (jA) of the definition of "gross income"; |
| (ii) |
applied to reduce any cost or expenditure incurred by such taxpayer in terms of section 19; or |
| (iii) |
previously taken into account as an amount that is deemed to have been recovered or recouped in terms of section 19(4), (5), (6) or (6A). |
[Section 8(4)(a)(iii) substituted by section 6 of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2021 (Act No. 20 of 2021), Notice No. 770, GG45787, dated 19 January 2022]
| (b) |
For the purposes of paragraph (a), where during any year of assessment any actuarial surplus is paid to a taxpayer pursuant to the provisions of section 15E(1)(f) or (g) of the Pensions Funds Act the taxpayer must be deemed to have recovered or recouped an amount equal to the amount of that actuarial surplus less any expenditure incurred by that taxpayer in respect of that actuarial surplus that was not allowed as a deduction during any year of assessment. |
| (c) |
[Section 8(4)(c) deleted by the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 3 of 2008)]; |
| (d) |
[Section 8(4)(d) deleted by the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 3 of 2008)]; |
| (dA) |
[Section 8(4)(dA) deleted by the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 3 of 2008)]; |
| (dB) |
[Section 8(4)(dB) deleted by Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 31 of 2013), GG 37158, dated 12 December 2013] |
| (e) |
Notwithstanding paragraph (a), but subject to paragraph (eB), (eC), (eD) and (eE), there shall not be included in the income of a person any amount recovered or recouped as a result of the disposal of any asset, where that person has elected that paragraph 65 or 66 of the Eighth Schedule applies in respect of the disposal of that asset. |
| (eA) |
Where a person acquires more than one asset (hereinafter referred to as "the replacement asset or assets") contemplated in paragraph (e), that person must, in applying paragraphs (eB), (eC) and (eD), apportion the amount recovered or recouped to each replacement asset in the same ratio as the receipts and accruals from that disposal respectively expended in acquiring each replacement asset bear to the total amount of those receipts and accruals expended in acquiring all those replacement assets. |
[Section 8(4)(eA) inserted by section 18(1)(b) of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 45 of 2003) - effective 22 December 2003]
| (eB) |
Where a replacement asset in relation to an asset of a person as contemplated in paragraph (e) constitutes a depreciable asset, that person shall be deemed to have recovered or recouped in a year of assessment so much of the amount contemplated in paragraph (e) apportioned to that asset as contemplated in paragraph (eA) as bears to the total amount of the recovery or recoupment contemplated in paragraph (e) the same ratio as the amount of any deduction or allowance allowed in that year of assessment in respect of that replacement asset bears to the total amount of the deduction or allowance (determined with reference to the cost or value of that asset at the time of acquisition thereof) allowable for all years of assessment in respect of that replacement asset. |
[Section 8(4)(eB) substituted by section 9 of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 35 of 2007)]
| (eC) |
Where a person during any year of assessment disposes of a replacement asset in relation to an asset contemplated in paragraph (e) and any portion of the recovery or recoupment which is apportioned to that replacement asset has not been included in the income of that person in terms of paragraph (eB) or (eD), that portion must be deemed to be an amount recovered or recouped by that person in respect of that replacement asset in that year of assessment. |
[Section 8(4)(eC) inserted by section 18(1)(b) of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 45 of 2003) - effective 22 December 2003]
| (eD) |
Where during any year of assessment a person ceases to use a replacement asset in relation to an asset contemplated in paragraph (e), in respect of which paragraph 66 of the Eighth Schedule applies, for the purposes of that person’s trade and any portion of the amount which is apportioned to that replacement asset has not been included in the income of that person in terms of paragraph (eB) or (eC), that portion must be deemed to be an amount recovered or recouped in that year of assessment. |
[Section 8(4)(eD) inserted by section 18(1)(b) of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 45 of 2003) - effective 22 December 2003]
| (eE) |
Where a person contemplated in paragraph (e) fails to conclude a contract or fails to bring any replacement asset into use within the period prescribed in paragraphs 65 or 66 of the Eighth Schedule, as the case may be, paragraph (e) shall not apply and that person must— |
| (i) |
deem the amount contemplated in paragraph (e) to be an amount recovered or recouped for purposes of paragraph (a) on the date on which the relevant period ends; |
| (ii) |
determine interest at the prescribed rate on the amount recovered or recouped from the date of the disposal contemplated in paragraph (e) to the date contemplated in subparagraph (i); and |
| (iii) |
deem that interest to be an amount recovered or recouped for purposes of paragraph (a) on the date contemplated in subparagraph (i). |
[Section 8(4)(eE) inserted by section 18(1)(b) of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 45 of 2003) - effective 22 December 2003]
| (f) |
If as a result of the loss, sale or disposal in any other manner by the taxpayer of the further asset referred to in paragraph (e) there has accrued to or has been received by the taxpayer an amount in excess of the cost thereof less the amount referred to in the said paragraph, so much of the excess as does not exceed such last-mentioned amount shall (unless such last-mentioned amount has been included in income in terms of the proviso to the said paragraph) be deemed to have been recovered or recouped and shall be included in the taxpayer's income for the year of assessment during which such further asset was so lost, sold or disposed of in addition to any recovery or recoupment referred to in paragraph (a). |
[Section 8(4)(f) substituted by section 8(1)(d) of the Income Tax, 1995 (Act No. 21 of 1995)]
| (g) |
[Section 8(4)(g) deleted by section 5(1)(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2014 (Act No. 43 of 2014)] |
| (h) |
[Section 8(4)(h) deleted by section 5(1)(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2014 (Act No. 43 of 2014)] |
| (i) |
[Section 8(4)(i) deleted by section 5(1)(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2014 (Act No. 43 of 2014)] |
| (j) |
[Section 8(4)(j) deleted by section 5(1)(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2014 (Act No. 43 of 2014)] |
| (k) |
For the purposes of paragraph (a), where during any year of assessment any person has |
| (ii) |
in the case of a company, transferred in whatever manner or form any asset to any holder of a share in that company; |
| (iii) |
disposed of any asset to a person who is a connected person in relation to that person, |
in respect of which a deduction or an allowance has been granted to such person in terms of any of the provisions referred to in that paragraph, that person shall be deemed to have disposed of that asset for an amount equal to the market value of that asset as at the date of that donation, transfer or disposal; or
| (iv) |
commenced to hold any asset as trading stock which was previously not held as trading stock, |
in respect of which a deduction or an allowance has been granted to such person in terms of any of the provisions referred to in that paragraph, that person shall be deemed to have disposed of that asset for an amount equal to the market value of that asset as at the date of that donation, transfer, disposal or commencement.
[Words following section 8(4)(k)(iv) substituted by section 4(1)(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2020 (Act No. 23 of 2020), GG44083, dated 20 January 2021 - deemed to have come into operation on 15 January 2020 (section 4(3)]
| (l) |
For the purposes of paragraph (a), where— |
| (i) |
any person was entitled to a deduction in respect of any interest or related finance charges (including a discount or premium), which was incurred or deemed to have been incurred by such person in relation to any financial arrangement during any year of assessment and such interest or related finance charges were allowed as a deduction in terms of the provisions of this Act during such year of assessment in the hands of such person; |
| (ii) |
such person has transferred such financial arrangement during any year of assessment to any other person; and |
| (iii) |
any obligation or part thereof in respect of such interest or related finance charges which such person is legally liable to pay has, as a result of such transfer, been transferred to such other person, |
such person shall be deemed to have recovered or recouped an amount equal to the amount of such obligation or part thereof so transferred during the year of assessment in which such obligation or part thereof has been so transferred.
[Section 8(4)(l) inserted by section 6(1)(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1996 (Act No. 36 of 1996)]
| (m) |
[Section 8(4)(m) substituted by section 9(1)(c) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 22 of 2012) - effective 1 January 2013] |
| (n) |
Where a taxpayer disposes of an industrial asset contemplated in section 12G or a manufacturing asset contemplated in section 12I before completion of the write off period of that asset for purposes of section 11(e), 12C or 13, as applicable, there shall be included in the taxpayer's income, all amounts allowed to be deducted in respect of that industrial asset under section 12G or manufacturing asset under section 121, whether in the current year or any previous year of assessment, which have been recovered or recouped during the current year of assessment, in addition to the inclusion of those amounts in terms of paragraph (a). |
[Section 8(4)(n) substituted by section 9 of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 60 of 2008)]
| (nA) |
Where, before 1 March 2026, a taxpayer disposes of an asset contemplated in section 12BA, there shall be included in the taxpayer’s income 25 per cent of the cost of that asset, which has been recouped during the current year of assessment, in addition to the inclusion of amounts in terms of paragraph (a), but limited to the total amount allowed to be deducted in respect of that asset. |
[Section 8(4)(nA) inserted by section 4(1) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2023 (Act No. 17 of 2023), Notice No. 4226, GG49894, dated 22 December 2023 - deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 2023 and applies in respect of assets brought into use on or after that date (section 4(2))]
| (o) |
[Section 8(4)(o) deleted by section 192(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 31 of 2013), GG 37158, dated 12 December 2013 - effective 1 January 2013] |
| (p) |
[Section 8(4)(p) deleted by section 192(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 31 of 2013), GG 37158, dated 12 December 2013 - effective 1 January 2013] |
| (4A) |
The provisions of subsection (4)(a), (e), (f) or (k) shall not apply in respect of any amount which is deemed to have been allowed as a deduction in terms of subparagraph (ix) of the proviso to section 11(e), section 12B(4B), section 12C(4A), section 12D(3A), section 12DA(4), section 12F(3A), section 13(1A), section 13bis(3A) , section 13ter(6A), section 13quin(3) or section 37B(4). |
[Section 8(4A) substituted by section 5(1)(c) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 3 of 2008) - effective 1 January 2008]
(5)
| (a) |
Any amount which has been paid, whether in the form of rent or otherwise, by any person for the right of use or occupation of any movable or immovable property and has been allowed as a deduction in the determination of such person's taxable income, and which or the equivalent of which is upon the subsequent acquisition of such property by that or any other person applied in reduction or towards settlement of the purchase price of such property, shall be included in the income of the person by whom the property is acquired as aforesaid for the year of assessment in which such person exercises the option or concludes the agreement, as the case may be, in consequence of which the property is acquired by him: Provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply in any case where, in consequence of the acquisition of such property, the person who has acquired the property or any other person has derived a taxable benefit the cash equivalent of which has been included in his gross income in terms of the provisions of paragraph (i) of the definition of "gross income" in section 1. |
[Section 8(5)(a) substituted by section 4(e) of the Income Tax Act, 1985 (Act No. 96 of 1985)]
| (b) |
Where any amount has been paid by any person for the right of use or occupation of any property which is thereafter acquired by that or any other person for a consideration which is less than the fair market value of such property, it shall for the purposes of paragraph (a) be deemed that the said amount, or so much thereof as does not exceed the fair market value of such property less the amount of the consideration, if any, for which it has been acquired as aforesaid, has been applied in reduction or towards settlement of the purchase price of such property. |
[Section 8(5)(b) substituted by section 8(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No. 25 of 2015)]
| (bA) |
If after the termination by the effluxion of time or otherwise of a lease of property consisting of corporeal movable goods or of any machinery or plant in respect of which the lessor under such lease was entitled to any allowance under the provisions of this Act, the person who was the lessee under such lease (hereinafter referred to as the former lessee) is, with the express or implied consent or acquiescence of the person who was the lessor under such lease (hereinafter referred to as the former lessor) or of the owner of the property, allowed to use, enjoy or deal with the property as the former lessee may deem fit— |
| (i) |
without the payment of any consideration; or |
| (ii) |
in the case of a lease without the payment of any rental or other consideration or subject to the payment of any consideration which is nominal in relation to the fair market value of the property, |
the former lessee shall be deemed for the purposes of paragraph (b) to have acquired the property for no consideration and, if the property was owned by the former lessor, the fair market value thereof shall be deemed for the said purposes to be the cost to the former lessor of the property (or, where the said lease was a financial lease contemplated in paragraph (b) of the definition of "instalment credit agreement" in section 1 of the Value-Added Tax Act, the cash value as defined in that Act of the property), less a depreciation allowance calculated in accordance with paragraph (bB)(i) for the period from the commencement to the termination of the lease.
[Section 8(5)(bA) substituted by section 8(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No. 25 of 2015)]
| (bB) |
For the purposes of paragraph (bA)— |
| (i) |
the depreciation allowance shall be calculated as an aggregate of annual allowances for the years in the period for which the depreciation allowance may be made, the allowance for the first year in the said period being calculated at the rate of 20 per cent of the said cost or cash value, as the case may be, of the property in question and the allowance for each succeeding year in that period being calculated at the said rate on the balance of the said cost or cash value, as the case may be, remaining after the deduction therefrom of the allowance or allowances calculated for the year or years preceding such succeeding year; |
| (ii) |
the former lessor of the property in question, or the owner thereof, as the case may be, shall, unless and until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have consented to the former lessee using, enjoying or dealing with the property as contemplated in the said paragraph if, at the end of a period of three months reckoned after the date on which the lease in question terminated, the former lessor has not instituted proceedings to compel the former lessee to return the property to the former lessor or to relinquish possession thereof or to dispose thereof in accordance with the terms of the lease; |
[Section 8(5)(bB)(ii) substituted by section 9(1)(i) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 31 of 2013), GG 37158, dated 12 December 2013]
| (iii) |
where any consideration is payable in respect of the property in question for the period after the termination of the lease in question, such consideration shall be deemed to be nominal in relation to the fair market value of the property if that consideration, in relation to the period for which it is payable, amounts to less than 10 per cent per annum of the said fair market value; |
| (iv) |
if after the termination of a lease referred to in the said paragraph (bA) the former lessee is required to pay a consideration in respect of his right to use, enjoy or deal with the property in question but ceases to pay such consideration or, in the case of a lease referred to in subparagraph (ii) of the said paragraph (bA), pays a consideration in respect of such right which is nominal in relation to the fair market value of the property, the said lease shall be deemed to have been terminated on the date from which the former lessee is no longer required to pay such consideration or in the case of a lease referred to in the said subparagraph (ii), whereafter the consideration payable by him becomes nominal as aforesaid. |
[Section 8(5)(bB)(iv) substituted by section 9(1)(j) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 31 of 2013), GG 37158, dated 12 December 2013]
| (v) |
[Section 8(5)(bB)(v) deleted by section 9(1)(k) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 31 of 2013), GG 37158, dated 12 December 2013] |
| (bC) |
Any person who, as a former lessor of property referred to in paragraph (bA) or as the owner thereof, has after the termination of the lease of such property consented to the former lessee thereof using, enjoying or dealing with such property as contemplated in the said paragraph, or is deemed to have so consented under the provisions of paragraph (bB)(ii), shall not later than 14 days after the end of three months after the termination of the relevant lease advise the former lessee of the fair market value of such property as determined in accordance with paragraph (bA). |
[Section 8(5)(bC) substituted by section 271, read with paragraph 30(a) of Schedule 1, of the Tax Administration Act, 2011 (Act No. 28 of 2011)]
| (c) |
[Section 8(5)(c) deleted by section 271, read with paragraph 30(b) of Schedule 1, of the Tax Administration Act, 2011 (Act No. 28 of 2011)] |
Gas Regulator Levies Act, 2002
