“Allowance asset” definition of section 41 of ITA

(1)     For the purposes of this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, any word or expression that has been defined in section 1, shall bear the same meaning so defined, and-

 

‘allowance asset’ means-

 

(a)     a capital asset in respect of which a deduction or allowance is allowable in terms of this Act for purposes other than the determination of any capital gain or capital loss; or

 

(b)     any debt contemplated in section 11 (i) or (j);

“Base cost” definition of section 41 of ITA

“base cost” means the base cost as defined in paragraph 1 of the Eighth Schedule: Provided that where the base cost of an asset as at a specific date is to be determined as contemplated in paragraph 26 or 27 of the Eighth Schedule, the amount thereof must, for purposes of section 42 or 44, be determined as if that asset had been disposed of on that date for an amount received or accrued equal to the market value of that asset as at that date;

“Company” definition of section 41 of ITA

“company” does not include a headquarter company and, for the purposes of sections 42 and 44, includes any portfolio of a collective investment scheme in securities or any portfolio of a hedge fund collective investment scheme;

[Definition of “company” inserted by section 47 of Act 17 of 2009 and substituted by section 67 of Act 24 of 2011 and section 61 of Act 25 of 2015 effective on 1 April 2015]