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Section 10(1)(c) of ITA

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(c)

(i)      ……….

(ii)     any pension payable to any person or his surviving spouse by reason of such person having occupied the office of State President or Vice State President: Provided that the provisions of this subparagraph shall not apply to any amount payable to any person or his surviving spouse by reason of such person having occupied the office of President as elected in terms of section 77 of the Constitution;

(iii)    the salary and emoluments payable to any person who holds office in the Republic as an official of any government, other than the Government of the Republic, provided such person is stationed in the Republic for that purpose and is not ordinarily resident in the Republic;

(iv)    any salary and emoluments payable to any domestic or private servant of any person referred to in subparagraph (iii) in respect of domestic or private services rendered or to be rendered by such servant to such person if such servant is not a South African citizen and is not ordinarily resident in the Republic;

(v)     any salary and emoluments payable to any subject of a foreign state who is temporarily employed in the Republic, provided the exemption of such salary and emoluments is authorized by an agreement entered into by the governments of such foreign state and the Republic;

(vi)    any salary and emoluments payable to any person that is a subject of a foreign state and who is not a resident to the extent that that salary or those emoluments are paid by –

(aa)   an institution or body contemplated in subsection (1)(bA)(ii) in respect of any agreement contemplated therein; or

(bb)   an organisation contemplated in subsection (1)(bA)(iii) in respect of services rendered in relation to a project contemplated therein.

Section 10(1)(bA) of ITA

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(bA)  the receipts and accruals of –

(i)     any sphere of government of any country other than the Republic;

(ii)     any institution or body established by a foreign government to the extent that –

  

(aa)   the institution or body has been appointed by that government to perform its functions in terms of an official development assistance agreement that is binding in terms of section 231(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; and

(bb)   the agreement provides that the receipts and accruals of that institution or body must be exempt; and

(iii)    any multinational organisation providing foreign donor funding in terms of an official development assistance agreement that is binding in terms of section 231(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, 1996, to the extent –

(aa)   the receipts and accruals are derived pursuant to the organisation supplying goods or rendering services in relation to projects that are approved by the Minister after consultation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs;

(bb)   that agreement provides that those receipts and accruals of that organisation must be exempt; and


(cc)    the Minister announces that those receipts and accruals are exempt by notice in the Gazette;

Section 9I (ITA) – Headquarter companies

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9I.     Headquarter companies

 

(1)     Any company that-

 

(a)     is a resident; and

 

(b)     complies with the requirements prescribed by subsection (2),

 

may elect in the form and manner determined by the Commissioner to be a headquarter company for a year of assessment of that company.

 

(2)     A company complies with the requirements contemplated in subsection (1)(b) for a year of assessment of that company if-

 

(a)     for the duration of that year of assessment, each holder of shares in the company (whether alone or together with any other company forming part of the same group of companies as that holder) held 10 per cent or more of the equity shares and voting rights in that company: Provided that in determining whether a company complies with the requirements prescribed by this paragraph in relation to any year of assessment of that company during which the company commenced the carrying on of trade, no regard must be had to any period during that year before which the company so commenced the carrying on of trade;

 

(b)     at the end of that year of assessment and of all previous years of assessment of that company, 80 per cent or more of the cost of the total assets of the company was attributable to one or more of the following:

 

(i)      any interest in equity shares in;

 

(ii)     any debt owed by; or

 

(iii)    sany intellectual property as defined in section 23I(1) that is licensed by that company to,

 

any foreign company in which that company (whether alone or together with any other company forming part of the same group of companies as that company) held at least 10 per cent of the equity shares and voting rights: Provided that in determining-

 

(aa)   the total assets of the company, there must not be taken into account any amount in cash or in the form of a bank deposit payable on demand; and

 

(bb)   whether a company complies with the requirements prescribed by this paragraph in relation to any year of assessment of that company, no regard must be had to any such year of assessment if the company did not at any time during such year of assessment own assets with a total market value exceeding R50 000; and

 

(c)     where the gross income of that company for that year of assessment exceeds R5 million, 50 per cent or more of that gross income consisted of amounts in the form of one or both of the following:

 

(i)      any rental, dividend, interest, royalty or service fee paid or payable by any foreign company contemplated in paragraph (b); or

 

(ii)     any proceeds from the disposal of any interest contemplated in paragraph (b)(i) or of any intellectual property contemplated in paragraph (b)(iii): 

Provided that in determining the gross income of the company, there must not be taken into account any exchange difference determined in terms of section 24I in respect of any exchange item as defined in that section to which that company is a party.

 

(3)     An election made by a company in terms of subsection (1) is effective from the commencement of the year of assessment in respect of which that election is made.

 

(4)     A headquarter company must submit to the Minister an annual report providing the Minister with the information that the Minister may prescribe within such time and containing such information as the Minister may prescribe.

Subsection 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of section 9H of ITA

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(2)     Subject to subsection (4), where a person (other than a company) that is a resident ceases during any year of assessment of that person to be a resident-

(a)     that person must be treated as having-

(i)      disposed of each of that person’s assets to a person that is a resident on the date immediately before the day on which that person so ceases to be a resident for an amount received or accrued equal to the market value of the asset on that date; and

[Subparagraph (i) substituted by section 14 of Act 25 of 2015 effective on 5 June 2015]

(ii)     reacquired each of those assets on the day on which that person so ceases to be a resident at an expenditure equal to the market value contemplated in subparagraph (i);

(b)     that year of assessment must be deemed to have ended on the date immediately before the day on which that person so ceases to be a resident; and

(c)     the next succeeding year of assessment of that person must be deemed to have commenced on the day on which that person so ceases to be a resident.

(3)

(a)     Where a company that is a resident ceases during any year of assessment of that company to be a resident or where a company that is a resident becomes a headquarter company in respect of a year of assessment, that company must be treated as having-

(i)      disposed of each of that company’s assets to a person that is a resident on the date immediately before the day on which that company so ceased to be a resident or became a headquarter company; and

(ii)     reacquired each of those assets on the day on which that company so ceased to be a resident or became a headquarter company,

for an amount equal to the market value of each of those assets.

[Paragraph (a) substituted by section 14 of Act 25 of 2015 effective on 5 June 2015]

(b)     Where a controlled foreign company ceases, otherwise than by way of becoming a resident, to be a controlled foreign company during any foreign tax year of that controlled foreign company, that controlled foreign company must be treated as having-

(i)      disposed of each of the assets of that controlled foreign company, to a person that is a resident, on the date immediately before the day on which that controlled foreign company so ceased to be a controlled foreign company; and

(ii)     reacquired each of the assets disposed of as contemplated in subparagraph (i) on the day on which that controlled foreign company so ceased to be a controlled foreign company,

for an amount equal to the market value of each of those assets.

 [Paragraph (b) substituted by section 14 of Act 25 of 2015 effective on 5 June 2015]

(c)     Where a company that is a resident ceases to be a resident or becomes a headquarter company during any year of assessment of that company as contemplated in paragraph (a)-

[Words preceding paragraph (i) substituted by section 21 of Act 15 of 2016 effective on 19 January 2017]

(i)      that year of assessment must be deemed to have ended on the date immediately before the day on which that company so ceased to be a resident or became a headquarter company;

(ii)     the next succeeding year of assessment of that company must be deemed to have commenced on the day on which that company so ceased to be a resident or became a headquarter company; and

(iii)    that company must, on the date immediately before the day on which the company so ceased to be a resident or became a headquarter company and for the purposes of section 64EA(b), be deemed to have declared and paid a dividend that consists solely of a distribution of an asset in specie–

(aa)   the amount of which must be deemed to be equal to the sum of the market values of all the shares in that company on that date less the sum of the contributed tax capital of all the classes of shares in the company as at that date; and

(bb)   to the person or persons holding shares in that company in accordance with the effective interest of that person or those persons in the shares in the company as at that date.

(d)     Where a controlled foreign company ceases to be a controlled foreign company during any foreign tax year of that controlled foreign company as contemplated in paragraph (b)-

[Words preceding paragraph (i) substituted by section 21 of Act 15 of 2016 effective on 19 January 2017]

(i)      that foreign tax year must be deemed to have ended on the date immediately before the day on which that controlled foreign company so ceased to be a controlled foreign company; and

(ii)     the next succeeding foreign tax year of that controlled foreign company must be deemed to have commenced on the day on which that controlled foreign company so ceased to be a controlled foreign company.

 

(e)     Where a company ceases to be a resident as contemplated in paragraph (a), the amount of any capital gain disregarded in terms of paragraph 64B of the Eighth Schedule that was determined in respect of a disposal of an equity share by that company within three years immediately preceding the date on which that company ceases to be a resident, must be deemed, in respect of the year of assessment of that company ending as contemplated in paragraph (c), to be an amount of net capital gain derived   by that company from that capital gain.

[Paragraph (e) added by sectoin 14 of Act 25 of 2015 effective on 5 June 2015]

(f)     Where a company ceases to be a resident as contemplated in paragraph (a), the amount of any foreign dividend that was exempt from normal tax only in terms of section 10B(2)(a) within the three years immediately preceding the date on which that company ceases to be a resident, must be deemed to be a foreign dividend received by or accrued to that company in respect of the year of assessment of that company ending as contemplated in paragraph (c) that is not exempt in terms of section 10B(2).

[Paragraph (f) added by section 14 of Act 25 of 2015 effective on 5 June 2015]

(3A)   Any person that is a holder of at least 10 per cent of the equity shares and voting rights in shares in a company must, where that company is a resident that ceases to be a resident and where section 64FA applies to the dividend in specie as referred to in subsection (3)(c)(iii) in respect of that company, be treated as having-

(i)      disposed of each of those shares to a person that is a resident on the date immediately before the day on which that company so ceased to be a resident; and

(ii)     reacquired each of those shares on the day on which that company so ceased to be a resident,

for an amount equal to the market value of each of those shares.

[Subsection (3A) inserted by section 7(1) of Act 23 of 2020 effective on 1 January, 2021 and applicable in respect of a holder of shares in a company that ceases to be a resident on or after that date]

(4)     Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in respect of an asset of a person where that asset constitutes-

(a)     immovable property situated in the Republic that is held by that person;

(b)     ……….

(c)     any asset which is, after the person ceases to be a resident or a controlled foreign company as contemplated in subsection (2) or (3), effectively connected to a permanent establishment of that person in the Republic;

[Paragraph (c) substituted by section 8 of Act 17 of 2023]

(d)     any qualifying equity share contemplated in section 8B that was granted to that person less than five years before the date on which that person ceases to be a resident as contemplated in subsection (2) or (3);

(e)     any equity instrument contemplated in section 8C that had not yet vested as contemplated in that section at the time that the person ceases to be a resident as contemplated in subsection (2) or (3);

[Paragraph (e) substituted by section 8(a) of Act 42 of 2024]

(f)      any right of that person to acquire any marketable security contemplated in section 8A; or

[Paragraph (f) substituted by section 8(a) of Act 42 of 2024]

(g)     any amount representing the value of the interest in any pension fund, pension preservation fund, provident fund, provident preservation fund or retirement annuity fund.

[Paragraph (g) added by section 8(b) of Act 42 of 2024]

(5)     If-

(a)     a person disposes of an equity share in a foreign company that is a controlled foreign company;

(b)     the capital gain or capital loss determined in respect of a disposal contemplated in paragraph (a) is wholly or partly disregarded in terms of paragraph 64B of the Eighth Schedule; and

[Paragraph (b) substituted by section 11(1) of Act 20 of 2021 deemed effective on 1 January, 2021 and applicable in respect of disposals on or after that date]

(c)     as a direct or indirect result of a disposal contemplated in paragraph (a), a foreign company ceases to be a controlled foreign company, subsection (3) must not apply to any foreign company contemplated in paragraph (c).

(6)     This section must not apply in respect of any company that ceases to be a controlled foreign company as a result of-

(a)     an amalgamation transaction as defined in section 44(1) to which section 44 applies; or

(b)     a liquidation distribution as defined in section 47(1) to which section 47 applies.

[Subsection (6) substituted by section 13 of Act 43 of 2014 effective on 1 January 2013]

(7)     For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), the market value of any asset must be determined in the currency of expenditure incurred to acquire that asset.

[Subsection (7) added by section 13 of Act 43 of 2014 effective on 1 January 2015]

Subsections 2, 2A, 6, 9, 9A of section 9D of ITA

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(2)     There shall be included in the income for the year of assessment of any resident (other than a resident that is a headquarter company) who directly or indirectly holds any participation rights in a controlled foreign company-

(a)     on the last day of the foreign tax year of that controlled foreign company which ends during that year of assessment, an amount equal to –

(i)      where that foreign company was a controlled foreign company for the entire foreign tax year, the proportional amount of the net income of that controlled foreign company determined for that foreign tax year, which bears to the total net income of that company during that foreign tax year, the same ratio as the percentage of the participation rights of that resident in relation to that company bears to the total participation rights in relation to that company on that last day; or

(ii)     where that foreign company became a controlled foreign company at any stage during that foreign tax year, at the option of the resident, either –

(aa)   an amount which bears to the proportional amount determined in accordance with subparagraph (i), the same ratio as the number of days during that foreign tax year that the foreign company was a controlled foreign company bears to the total number of days in that foreign tax year; or

(bb)   the proportional amount determined in the manner contemplated in subparagraph (i) (as if the day that foreign company commenced to be a controlled foreign company was the first day of its foreign tax year), of the net income of that company for the period commencing on the day that the foreign company commenced to be a controlled foreign company and ending on the last day of that foreign tax year; or

(b)     immediately before that foreign company ceased to be a controlled foreign company at any stage during that year of assessment before the last day of the foreign tax year of that controlled foreign company, an amount which shall be equal to, at the option of the resident, either-

(i)      an amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii)(aa); or

(ii)     the proportional amount determined in the manner contemplated in paragraph (a)(i) of the net income of that company determined for the period commencing on the first day of that foreign tax year and ending on the day before the company so ceased to be a controlled foreign company:

[Sub­paragraph (ii) substituted by section 15(1)(b) of Act 35 of 2007 and by section 10(1)(c) of Act 34 of 2019]

Provided that this subsection shall not apply-

(A)    where that resident (together with any connected person in relation to that resident) –

(i)      at the end of the last day of the foreign tax year of the controlled foreign company; or

(ii)     in the case where that foreign company ceased to be a controlled foreign company during the relevant foreign tax year, immediately before that foreign company so ceased to be a controlled foreign company,

in aggregate holds less than 10 per cent of the participation rights and may not exercise at least 10 percent of the voting rights in that controlled foreign company; or

(B)    to the extent that the participation rights are held by that resident indirectly through any company (other than a company that is a headquarter company) which is a resident; or

(C)    to the extent that –

(i)      the participation rights are held by an insurer as defined in section 29A in any policy-holder fund as defined in terms of that section, and are directly attributable to –

(aa)   a policy as defined in section 29A that is “linked” as defined in Schedule 2 to the Insurance Act; or

[Item (aa) substituted by section 19(1)(c) of Act 31 of 2013 and by section 4(1)(a) of Act 20 of 2022]

(bb)   a policy as defined in section 29A, other than a policy contemplated in item (aa), of which the amount of the policy benefits as defined in the Long-term Insurance Act is not guaranteed by the insurer and is to be determined wholly by reference to the value of particular assets or categories of assets; and

(ii)     the holding of the participation rights by the insurer does not form part of any transaction, operation or scheme entered into or effected solely or mainly for purposes of utilising the provisions of this paragraph in order to avoid the inclusion of an amount in the income of a resident as contemplated in this subsection

[Subparagraph (ii) amended by section 20 of Act 15 of 2016 effective on 1 March 2017, applies in respect of any foreign tax year commencing on or after that date]

(D)    to the extent that the participation rights are held by a portfolio of a collective investment scheme in securities or a portfolio of a collective investment scheme in participation bonds that is a resident directly or indirectly in a scheme or arrangement contemplated in paragraph of the definition of ‘company’ in section 1; and

[Paragraph (D) added by section 20 of Act 15 of 2016 effective on 1 March 2017, applies in respect of any foreign tax year commencing on or after that date]

: Provided further that for purposes of applying this subsection to a foreign company that is a controlled foreign company only in terms of paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘controlled foreign company’, the percentage of the participation rights of a resident in relation to that controlled foreign company is equal to the net percentage of the financial results of that foreign company that are included in the consolidated financial statements, as contemplated in IFRS 10, for the year of assessment of the resident, that is a holding company, as defined in the Companies Act;

[Further proviso added by section 15 of Act 17 of 2017 effective on 1 January 2018, applies in respect of any year of assessment commencing on or after that date]

(2A)   For the purposes of this section the “net income” of a controlled foreign company in respect of a foreign tax year is an amount equal to the taxable income of that company determined in accordance with the provisions of this Act as if that controlled foreign company had been a taxpayer, and as if that company had been a resident for purposes of the definition of “gross income”, sections 7(8), 10(1)(h), 10(1)(l), 25B, 28 and paragraphs 2(1)(a), 24, 70, 71, 72 and 80 of the Eighth Schedule: Provided that—

(a)     any deductions or allowances which may be allowed, or any amounts which may be set off against, the income of that foreign company in terms of this Act shall be limited to the amount of that income;

(b)     any amount whereby such deductions or allowances or amounts exceed the amount of such income, shall be carried forward to the immediately succeeding foreign tax year and be deemed to be a balance of assessed loss which may be set off against the income of such company in such succeeding year for the purposes of section 20;

(c)     no deduction shall be allowed in respect of any-

(i)      interest, royalties, rental, insurance premium or income of a similar nature which is paid or payable or deemed to be paid or payable by that company to any other controlled foreign company (including any similar amount adjusted in terms of section 31);

(ii)     exchange difference determined in terms of section 24I in respect of any exchange item to which that company and any other controlled foreign company are parties;

(iii)    exchange difference in respect of any forward exchange contract or foreign currency option contract entered into to hedge the exchange item referred to in subparagraph (ii); or

(iv)    reduction or discharge by that company of a debt owed to that company by any other controlled foreign company for no onsideration or for consideration less than the amount by which the face value of the debt has been so reduced or discharged,

where that controlled foreign company and that other controlled foreign company form part of the same group of companies, unless that interest, rental, royalty, insurance premium, other income, adjusted amount, exchange difference, reduction or discharge is taken into account to determine the net income of that other controlled foreign company;

(d)     any exemption from normal tax in respect of dividends received or accrued as contemplated in section 10(1)(k) must not apply in respect of the portion of an amount of the aggregate amount of dividends received by or accrued to a controlled foreign company during any foreign tax year, determined in accordance with the formula:

A = B × (C – D)

in which formula-

(i)     “A” represents the amount to be determined;

(ii)     “B” represents the ratio of the number 20 to the number 27;

[Subparagraph (ii) substituted by section 7(1) of Act 17 of 2023 effective on 31 March, 2023 and applicable in respect of years of assessment ending on or after that date]

(iii)    “C” represents the aggregate of dividends received by or accrued to the controlled foreign company during the foreign tax year of that controlled foreign company; and

(iv)    “D” represents, in respect of dividends contemplated in symbol “C”, an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(aa)   100 per cent of the amount of any dividend in respect of which dividends tax was paid at a rate of 20 per cent;

(bb)   75 per cent of the amount of any dividend in respect of which dividends tax was paid at a rate of 15 per cent;

(cc)   50 per cent of the amount of any dividend in respect of which dividends tax was paid at a rate of 10 per cent;

(dd)   40 per cent of the amount of any dividend in respect of which dividends tax was paid at a rate of 8 per cent;

(ee)   37.5 per cent of the amount of any dividend in respect of which dividends tax was paid at a rate of 7.5 per cent; and

(ff)     25 per cent of the amount of any dividend in respect of which dividends tax was paid at a rate of 5 per cent;

[Paragraph (d) inserted by section 6(1)(a) of Act 23 of 2020 effective on on 1 January, 2021 and applicable in respect of dividends received by or accrued to any controlled foreign company on or after that date. Subparagraph (iv) substituted by section 10(1)(a) of Act 20 of 2021 deemed effective on 1 January, 2021 and applicable in respect of dividends received by or accrued to any controlled foreign company on or after that date]

(e)     where a foreign company becomes a controlled foreign company after 1 October 2001, the valuation date for purposes of the determination of any taxable capital gain or assessed capital loss in terms of the Eighth Schedule, shall be the day before such company becomes a controlled foreign company;

(f)      where the resident contemplated in subsection (2) is an insurer in respect of its individual policyholder fund, the taxable capital gain of the controlled foreign company shall, for the purposes of paragraph 10 of the Eighth Schedule, be 40 per cent of that company’s net capital gain for the relevant foreign tax year;

[Paragraph (f) substituted by section 14(1)(b) of Act 22 of 2012, by section 7(1) of Act 13 of 2016 and by section 6(1)(b) of Act 23 of 2020 effective on on 1 January, 2021 and applicable in respect of any net capital gain of any controlled foreign company during any foreign tax year commencing on or after that date]

(h)     ……….

(i)      ……….

(j)      ……….

(k)     for the purposes of section 24I and paragraph 43 of the Eighth Schedule, “local currency” of a controlled foreign company otherwise than in relation to a permanent establishment of that controlled foreign company, means the functional currency of that company: Provided that where the functional currency is the currency of a country which has an official rate of inflation of 100 per cent or more for that foreign tax year, the “local currency” means the currency of the Republic; and

[Paragraph (k) substituted by section 16(1)(g) of Act 7 of 2010, by section 18(b) of Act 23 of 2018 and by section 7(1)(a) of Act 42 of 2024 effective on 31 December, 2024 and applicable in respect of foreign tax years of controlled foreign companies ending on or after that date]

(l)      where the functional currency of a controlled foreign company –

(i)      was the currency of a country which-

(aa)   abandoned its currency; and

(bb)   had an official rate of inflation of 100 per cent or more for the foreign tax year preceding the abandonment of the currency; and

(ii)     the controlled foreign company adopted a new functional currency as a consequence of the abandonment contemplated in subparagraph (i)(aa),

the controlled foreign company must, for the purposes of determining the cost of an asset of the controlled foreign company, be deemed to have acquired the asset in the new currency contemplated in subparagraph (ii)-

(A)    on the first day of the foreign tax year of the controlled foreign company in which; and

(B)    for an amount equal to the market value of the asset on the date on which,

the new currency was adopted by the controlled foreign company

Provided further that –

(i)      the net income of a controlled foreign company in respect of a foreign tax year shall be deemed to be nil where-

(aa)   the aggregate amount of taxes on income payable to all spheres of government of any country other than the Republic by the controlled foreign company in respect of the foreign tax year of that controlled foreign company is at least 67,5 per cent of the amount of normal tax that would have been payable in respect of any taxable income of the controlled foreign company had the controlled foreign company been a resident for that foreign tax year: Provided that the taxable income of the controlled foreign company must be increased by the taxable income resulting from the application of section 9H(3)(b); or

[Subparagraph (aa) substituted by section 10(1)(d) of Act 34 of 2019 and by section 10(1)(a) of Act 5 of 2026 effective on 31 December, 2025 and applicable in respect of foreign tax years of controlled foreign companies ending on or after that date]

(bb)   all the receipts and accruals of that controlled foreign company are-

(i)      attributable to any foreign business establishment of that controlled foreign company as contemplated in subsection (9)(b); and


(ii)     not required to be taken into account in terms of subsection (9A); and

[Paragraph (i) substituted by section 16(1)(k) of Act 7 of 2010 and by section 12(1)(b) of Act 43 of 2014 effective on 31 December, 2014 and applicable in respect of years of assessment ending on or after that date]



(ii)     the aggregate amount of tax payable by a controlled foreign company in respect of a foreign tax year of that controlled foreign company as contemplated in subparagraph (i) must be determined-

(aa)   after taking into account any applicable agreement for the prevention of double taxation and any credit, rebate or other right of recovery of tax from any sphere of government of any country other than the Republic;

(bb)   after disregarding any loss arising during foreign tax years ending after the date that foreign company became a controlled foreign company; and

[Item (bb) substituted by section 20 of Act 15 of 2016 effective on 1 March 2017, applies in respect of any foreign tax year commencing on or after that date]

(cc)   by taking into account any refund of tax to a shareholder of the controlled foreign company in respect of a foreign dividend paid or payable by that controlled foreign company; and

[Subparagraph (cc) deleted by section 18(c) of Act 23 of 2018 and inserted by section 10(1)(b) of Act 5 of 2026 effective on 31 December, 2025 and applicable in respect of foreign tax years of controlled foreign companies ending on or after that date]

 [Paragraph (ii) substituted by section 14(1)(c) of Act 22 of 2012 deemed effective on 1 January, 2008 and applicable in respect of foreign tax years of controlled foreign companies ending during years of assessment ending on or after that date]



(iii)    the normal tax that would have been payable as contemplated in paragraph (i) must be determined before taking into account any amount which would, had that controlled foreign company been a resident for that foreign tax year, have been included in the income of that controlled foreign company in terms of subsection (2) for that foreign tax year.

[Subsection (2A) amended by section 22(1)(d) of Act 45 of 2003, by section 13(1) of Act 32 of 2004, by section 14(1)(e) of Act 31 of 2005, by section 12(1)(c) of Act 17 of 2009 (effective date in section 12(2) of Act 17 of 2009 as substituted by section 146(1) of Act 7 of 2010), by section 13(1)(a) of Act 25 of 2015 (effective date in section 13(2) of Act 25 of 2015 as substituted by section 104(1) of Act 23 of 2018) and by section 4(1)(b) of Act 20 of 2022 effective on 1 January, 2023 and applicable in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date. Paragraph (iii) added by section 18(d) of Act 23 of 2018]

(3)     ………

(4)     ………

(5)     ………

(6)     The net income of a controlled foreign company in respect of a foreign tax year shall be determined in the functional currency of that controlled foreign company and shall, for purposes of determining the amount to be included in the income of any resident during any year of assessment under the provisions of this section, be translated to the currency of the Republic by applying the average exchange rate for that foreign tax year: Provided that any exchange item denominated in any currency other than the functional currency of that controlled foreign company shall be deemed not to be effectively connected to any permanent establishment of the controlled foreign company if the functional currency is the currency of a country which has an official rate of inflation of 100 per cent or more for that foreign tax year.

[Subsection (6) substituted by section 14(1)(h) of Act 31 of 2005, amended by section 15(1)(g) and (h) of Act 35 of 2007, substituted by section 16(1)(l) of Act 7 of 2010 and amended by section 25(1)(f) of Act 24 of 2011, by section 19(1)(f) of Act 31 of 2013 and by section 7(1)(b) of Act 42 of 2024]

(7)     ………

(8)     ………

(9)     Subject to subsection (9A), in determining the net income of a controlled foreign company in terms of subsection (2A), there must not be taken into account any amount which –

(a)     ……….

(b)     is attributable to any foreign business establishment of that controlled foreign company (whether or not as a result of the disposal or deemed disposal of any assets forming part of that foreign business establishment) and, in determining that amount and whether that amount is attributable to a foreign business establishment-

(i)      that foreign business establishment must be treated as if that foreign business establishment were a distinct and separate enterprise engaged in the same or similar activities under the same or similar conditions and dealing wholly independently with the controlled foreign company of which the foreign business establishment is a foreign business establishment; and

(ii)     that determination must be made as if the amount arose in the context of a transaction, operation, scheme, agreement or understanding that was entered into on the terms and conditions that would have existed had the parties to that transaction, operation, scheme, agreement or understanding been independent persons dealing at arm’s length;

(c)     is attributable to any policyholder that is not a resident or a controlled foreign company in relation to a resident in respect of any policy issued by a company licensed to issue any long-term policy as denned in the Long-term Insurance Act in its country of residence;

(d)     is subject to-

(i)     the withholding tax on interest in terms of Part IVB;

[Sub-paragraph (i) substituted by section 19(1)(h) of Act 31 of 2013 effective on 1 January, 2015 and applicable in respect of amounts that are paid or become due and payable on or after that date]

(ii)     the withholding tax on royalties in terms of Part IVA,

(iii)    ……….

[Subparagraph (iii) inserted by section 19 of Act 31 of 2013 and deleted by section 20 of Act 15 of 2016 effectiv on 1 January 2017]

after taking into account any applicable agreement for the prevention of double taxation;

(e)     is included in the taxable income of the company;

(f)      is attributable to any foreign dividend declared to that controlled foreign company, by any other controlled foreign company in relation to the resident, to the extent that the foreign dividend does not exceed the aggregate of all amounts which have been or will be included in the income of the resident in terms of this section in any year of assessment, which relate to the net income of-

(i)      the company declaring the dividend; or

(ii)     any other company which has been included in the income of that resident by virtue of that resident’s participation rights in that other company held indirectly through the company declaring the dividend,

reduced by-

(aa)   the amount of any foreign tax payable, in respect of the amounts so included in that resident’s income; and

(bb)   so much of all foreign dividends received by or accrued to that controlled foreign company as was-

(A)     excluded from the application of this section in terms of this paragraph or section 10B (2)(a), (b), (c) or (d);

[Item (A) substituted by section 25(1)(i) of Act 24 of 2011 and by section 10(1)(b) of Act 20 of 2021]

(B)     previously not included in the income of that resident by virtue of any prior inclusion in terms of section 9D.

(fA)   is attributable to-

(i)      any interest, royalties, rental, insurance premium or income of a similar nature which is paid or payable or deemed to be paid or payable to that company by any other controlled foreign company (including any similar amount adjusted in terms of section 31);

(iA)    an amount of income that accrued to that company, in respect of a foreign dividend from a hybrid equity instrument held in any other controlled foreign company, in terms of section 8E(2), or in respect of a foreign dividend from a third party backed share held in any other controlled foreign company, in terms of section 8EA(2), including any similar amount adjusted in terms of section 31;

[Subparagraph (iA) inserted by section 4(1)(c) of Act 20 of 2022 effective on 1 January, 2023 and applicable in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date]

(ii)     any exchange difference determined in terms of section 24I in respect of any exchange item to which that company and any other controlled foreign company are parties;

(iii)    any exchange difference in respect of any forward exchange contract or foreign currency option contract entered into to hedge the exchange item referred to in subparagraph (ii); or

(iv)    the reduction or discharge by any other controlled foreign company of a debt owed by that company to that other controlled foreign company for no consideration or for consideration less than the amount by which the face value of the debt has been so reduced or discharged,

where that controlled foreign company and that other controlled foreign company form part of the same group of companies; or

(fB)   is attributable to the disposal of any asset, as defined in the Eighth Schedule, (other than any financial instrument or intangible asset as defined in paragraph 16 of the Eighth Schedule), where that asset was effectively connected to any foreign business establishment of any other controlled foreign company, where that company and that other controlled foreign company form part of the same group of companies.

[Paragraph (fB) substituted by section 14(1)(p) of Act 31 of 2005 and by section 9(1)(n) of Act 20 of 2006, amended by section 8(c) of Act 3 of 2008 and substituted by section 7(1)(c) of Act 42 of 2024]

(9A)

(a)     Any amount which is attributable to a foreign business establishment of a controlled foreign company as contemplated in subsection (9)(b) must, notwithstanding that subsection, be taken into account in determining the net income of that controlled foreign company if that amount-

(i)      is derived from the sale of goods by that controlled foreign company directly or indirectly to any connected person (in relation to that controlled foreign company) who is a resident, unless—

(aa)   that controlled foreign company purchased those goods for delivery in the country of residence of that controlled foreign company from any person who is not a connected person in relation to that controlled foreign company;

[Item (aa) substituted by section 10(1)(c) of Act 20 of 2021 effective on 1 January, 2022 and applicable in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date]

(bb)   the creation, extraction, production, assembly, repair or improvement of goods undertaken by that controlled foreign company amount to more than minor assembly or adjustment, packaging, repackaging and labelling;

(cc)   that controlled foreign company sells a significant quantity of goods of the same or a similar nature to persons who are not connected persons in relation to that controlled foreign company, at comparable prices (after accounting for the level of the market, volume discounts and costs of delivery); or

(dd)   that controlled foreign company purchases the same or similar goods mainly for delivery in the country of residence of that controlled foreign company from persons who are not connected persons in relation to that controlled foreign company;

[Subparagraph (i) substituted by section 13(1)(b) of Act 25 of 2015 and amended by section 10(1)(e) of Act 34 of 2019. Item (dd) substituted by section 10(1)(d) of Act 20 of 2021 effective on 1 January, 2022 and applicable in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date]

(iA)   is derived from the sale of goods by that controlled foreign company directly or indirectly to a person, other than a connected person (in relation to that controlled foreign company) who is a resident, where that controlled foreign company initially purchased those goods or any tangible intermediary inputs thereof directly or indirectly from one or more connected persons (in relation to that controlled foreign company) who are residents, unless-

(aa)   those goods or tangible intermediary inputs thereof purchased from connected persons (in relation to such controlled foreign company) who are residents amount to an insignificant portion of the total goods or tangible intermediary inputs of those goods;

(bb)   the creation, extraction, production, assembly, repair or improvement of goods undertaken by that controlled foreign company amount to more than minor assembly or adjustment, packaging, repackaging and labelling;

(cc)   the products are sold by that controlled foreign company to a person who is not a connected person in relation to that controlled foreign company, for physical delivery to a customer’s premises situated within the country of residence of that controlled foreign company; or

(dd)   products of the same or similar nature are sold by that controlled foreign company mainly to persons who are not connected persons in relation to that controlled foreign company for physical delivery to customers’ premises situated within the country of residence of that controlled foreign company;

[Sub­paragraph (iA) inserted by section 13(1)(c) of Act 25 of 2015 and amended by section 10(1)(f) of Act 34 of 2019]

(ii)   is derived from any service performed by that controlled foreign company directly or indirectly for the benefit of a connected person (in relation to that controlled foreign company) who is a resident, unless that service is performed outside the Republic and—

(aa)   the service relates directly to the creation, extraction, production, assembly, repair or improvement of goods utilised within one or more countries other than the Republic;

(bb)   the service relates directly to the sale or marketing of goods of a connected person (in relation to that controlled foreign company) who is a resident and those goods are sold to persons who are not connected persons in relation to that controlled foreign company for physical delivery to customers premises situated within the country of residence of that controlled foreign company;

(cc)   the service is rendered mainly in the country of residence of that controlled foreign company for the benefit of customers that have premises situated in that country; or

(dd)   to the extent that no deduction is allowed of any amount paid by that connected person to that controlled foreign company in respect of the service;

[Sub­paragraph (ii) amended by section 10(1)(g) of Act 34 of 2019]

(iii)    arises in respect of a financial instrument-

(aa)   unless that financial instrument is attributable to the principal trading activities of the foreign business establishment and those principal trading activities-

(A)    constitute the activities of a bank, financial service provider or insurer; and

(B)    do not constitute the activities of a treasury operation or captive insurer;

(bb)   unless-

(A)    that amount is attributable to any exchange difference determined in terms of section 24I in respect of that financial instrument;

(B)    the exchange difference contemplated in subitem (A) arises in the ordinary course of business of the principal trading activities of that foreign business establishment; and

(C)    the principal trading activities contemplated in subitem (B) do not constitute the activities of a treasury operation or captive insurer; or

(cc)    to the extent that the total of-

(A)    those amounts arising in respect of financial instruments attributable to activities of that foreign business establishment; and

(B)    amounts arising from exchange gains determined in terms of section 24I attributable to activities of that foreign business establishment,

other than amounts in respect of which paragraphs (c) to (fB) of subsection (9) apply or amounts derived from the activities of a treasury operation or a captive insurer, exceeds five per cent of the total of all amounts received by or accrued to the controlled foreign company that are attributable to that foreign business establishment, other than amounts in respect of which paragraphs (c) to (fB) of subsection (9) apply or amounts derived from the activities of a treasury operation or a captive insurer;

(iv)    arises by way of rental in respect of any movable property, unless that movable property is leased by the controlled foreign company in terms of-

(aa)   an operating lease; or

(bb)   a lease that constitutes a financial instrument;

(v)     arises in respect of the use or right of use of or permission to use any intellectual property as defined in section 23I, unless-

(aa)   that controlled foreign company directly and regularly creates, develops or substantially upgrades any intellectual property as defined in section 23I which gives rise to that amount; and

(bb)   that intellectual property does not constitute property which constitutes tainted intellectual property as defined in section 23I;

(vi)    is a capital gain determined in respect of the disposal or deemed disposal of any intellectual property as defined in section 23I, unless that controlled foreign company directly and regularly creates, develops or substantially upgrades any intellectual property as defined in section 23I which gives rise to that amount; or

(vii)   is in the form of an insurance premium, unless that amount is attributable to the principal trading activities of the foreign business establishment and those principal trading activities-

(aa)   constitute the activities of an insurer; and

(bb)   do not constitute the activities of a captive insurer:

Provided that if any amount which is attributable to a foreign business establishment of a controlled foreign company as contemplated in subsection (9)(b) is, solely as a result of the application of subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, not taken into account in determining the net income of that controlled foreign company, that amount must be so taken into account-

(A)    to the extent that a deduction is allowed in respect of any other amount incurred by a connected person (in relation to that controlled foreign company) who is a resident; and

 

(B)    where that amount is attributable to that other amount.

(b)     For the purposes of-

(i)      ……….

[Subparagraph (i) deleted by section 13 of Act 25 of 2015 effective on 1 January 2016]

(ii)     ……….

[Subparagraph (ii) deleted by section 13 of Act 25 of 2015 effective on 1 January 2016]

(iii)    items (aa) and (bb) of paragraph (a)(iii), where the principal trading activities of a foreign business establishment do not constitute the activities of a treasury operation, the principal trading activities of that foreign business establishment must be deemed to constitute the activities of a treasury operation where-

(aa)   less of those principal trading activities are conducted in the country in which the foreign business establishment is located than in any other single country;

(bb)   those principal trading activities do not involve the regular and continuous acceptance of deposits from or the provision of credit to clients who are not connected persons in relation to that controlled foreign company; or

(cc)   less than 50 per cent of the amounts attributable to the activities of the foreign business establishment are derived from those principal trading activities with respect to clients who are not connected persons in relation to that controlled foreign company;

(iv)    items (aa) and (bb) of paragraph (a)(iii) and paragraph (a)(vii), where the principal trading activities of a foreign business establishment do not constitute the activities of a captive insurer, the principal trading activities of that foreign business establishment must be deemed to constitute the activities of a captive insurer where-

(aa)   less of those principal trading activities are conducted in the country in which that foreign business establishment is located than in any other single country;

(bb)   those principal trading activities do not involve the regular transaction of business as an insurer with clients who are not connected persons in relation to that controlled foreign company; or

(cc)    less than 50 per cent of the amounts attributable to activities of that foreign business establishment are derived from those principal trading activities with respect to clients who are not connected persons in relation to that controlled foreign company; and

(v)     paragraph (a)(iv), ‘operating lease’ means a lease of movable property concluded by a lessor in the ordinary course of business of letting such property if-

(aa)   such property may be hired by members of the general public directly from that lessor in terms of such a lease, for a period of no more than five years;

(bb)   either-

(A)    the cost of maintaining such property and of carrying out repairs thereto required in consequence of normal wear and tear is ultimately borne by the lessor; or

(B)     the activities of maintaining and repairing such property that are required in consequence of normal wear and tear are performed by the lessor; and

(cc)   subject to any claim that the lessor may have against the lessee by reason of the lessee’s failure to take proper care of the property, the risk of destruction or loss of or other disadvantage to such property is not assumed by the lessee.

9E.   ……….

9F.   ……….

9G   ……….