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

Schedules

Fourth Schedule : Amounts to be Deducted or Withheld by Employers and Provisional Payments in respect of Normal Tax

Part III : Provisional Tax

17. Payment of provisional tax

 

(1) Every provisional taxpayer shall in the manner provided in this Part make payments (called provisional tax) to the Commissioner in respect of his liability for normal tax in respect of every year of assessment.

[Paragraph 17(1) of the Fourth Schedule substituted by section 41(a) of the Income Tax Act, 1971 (Act No. 88 of 1971)]

 

(2) [Paragraph 17(2) of the Fourth Schedule deleted by section 41 of the Income Tax Act, 1971 (Act No. 88 of 1971].

 

(3) Where for the purpose of determining any amount of provisional tax required to be paid by any provisional taxpayer in respect of any year of assessment the liability of such taxpayer for normal tax is required to be estimated in respect of such year, such liability shall be deemed to be the amount of normal tax which, calculated at the relevant rate referred to in subparagraph (4), would be payable by the provisional taxpayer in respect of the amount of taxable income estimated by such taxpayer in terms of paragraph 19(1) during the period prescribed by this Schedule for the payment of the said amount of provisional tax or if the amount so estimated has been increased by the Commissioner in terms of paragraph 19(3), the amount of normal tax which, calculated at the said rate, would be payable by the provisional taxpayer in respect of the amount of taxable income as so increased, or if the Commissioner has estimated the provisional taxpayer's taxable income in terms of paragraph 19(2), the amount of normal tax which, calculated at the said rate, would be payable by the provisional taxpayer in respect of the amount of taxable income so estimated.

[Paragraph 17(3) of the Fourth Schedule substituted by section 14(a) of the Tax Administration Laws Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No. 23 of 2015)]

 

(4) For the purposes of any calculation of normal tax under subparagraph (3) the rate at which such tax is to be calculated shall be the relevant rate which on the date of payment of the provisional tax in question is in force in respect of the year of assessment in respect of which such provisional tax is required to be paid under this Schedule, or if at the said date the rate has not been fixed, the relevant rate in respect of that year foreshadowed by the Minister of Finance in his budget statement, or if at that date the rate has not been fixed or so foreshadowed, the relevant rate which is in force in respect of the latest preceding year of assessment in respect of which rates have been fixed by Parliament.

[Paragraph 17(4) of the Fourth Schedule substituted by section 33 of the Income Tax Act, 1976 (Act No. 103 of 1976)]

 

(5) The Commissioner may from time to time, having regard to the rates of normal tax as fixed by Parliament or foreshadowed by the Minister in his or her budget statement or to the rebates applicable in terms of section 6(2) of this Act taking into account to any other factors having a bearing upon the probable liability of taxpayers for normal tax, prescribe tables for optional use by provisional taxpayers falling within any category specified by the Commissioner, or by provisional taxpayers generally, for the purpose of estimating the liability of such taxpayers for normal tax, and the Commissioner may prescribe the manner in which such tables shall be applied together with the period for which such tables shall remain in force.

[Paragraph 17(5) of the Fourth Schedule substituted by section 12(1) of the Tax Administration Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 39 of 2013 - effective 1 January 2013]

 

(6) [Paragraph 17(6) of the Fourth Schedule deleted by section 271, read with paragraph 88(b) of Schedule 1, of the Tax Administration Act, 2011 (Act No. 28 of 2011)].

 

(7) The provisions of subparagraphs (3) and (4) shall not apply where the liability of a provisional taxpayer for normal tax is estimated in accordance with any tables prescribed for his use under the provisions of subparagraph (5) and not withdrawn under the provisions of subparagraph (6).

[Paragraph 17(7) of the Fourth Schedule substituted by section 41(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1971 (Act No. 88 of 1971)]

 

(8) [Paragraph 17(8) of the Fourth Schedule substituted by section 14(b) of the Tax Administration Laws Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No. 23 of 2015)]