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Category: Section 1 (ITA) – Interpretation
Below is a list of DELETED or REPEALED definitions for section 1 only. For amendment details of EXISTING definitions, please review the amendment details for each individual definition in the “Options menu” of each individual definition.
Assisted gold mine
Definition of “assisted gold mine” inserted by section 5 of Act 76 of 1968 and deleted by section 2 of Act 141 of 1992.
Building society
Definition of “building society” inserted by section 1 of Act 108 of 1986 and deleted by section 2 of Act 3 of 2008.
Business day
Definition of “business day” inserted by section 2 of Act 113 of 1993 and deleted by section 271 of Act 28 of 2011 effective on 1 October 2012.
Capitalisation shares
Definition of “capitalization shares” inserted by section 4 of Act 85 of 1974 and deleted by section 6 of Act 7 of 2010 effective on 1 January 2011.
Chief Executive Officer
Definition of “Chief Executive Officer” inserted by section 2 of Act 36 of 1996 and deleted by section 34 of Act 34 of 1997.
Date of deep level production
Definition of “date of deep level production” deleted by section 2 of Act 3 of 2008.
Date of assessment
Definition of “date of assessment” inserted by section 4 of Act 69 of 1975 and deleted by section 271 of Act 28 of 2011 effective on 1 October 2012.
Dependant
Definition of “dependant” substituted by section 4 of Act 88 of 1971 and section 4 of Act 85 of 1974, amended by section 3 of Act 104 of 1979 and section 2 of Act 104 of 1980 and deleted by section 2 of Act 90 of 1988.
Designated country
Definition of “designated country” inserted section 6 of Act 74 of 2002 and deleted by section 12 of Act 45 of 2003.
Domestic company
Definition of “domestic company” inserted by section 4 of Act 85 of 1974 and deleted by section 2 of Act 59 of 2000.
Entertainment expenditure
Definition of “entertainment expenditure” inserted by section 2 of Act 121 of 1984 and deleted by section 2 of Act 3 of 2008.
Equity share capital
Definition of “equity share capital” substituted by section 3 of Act 8 of 2007 and substituted by the definition of “equity share” in section 6 of Act 7 of 2010 effective on 1 January 2011.
External company
Definition of “external company” inserted by section 4 of Act 85 of 1974 and deleted by section 2 of Act 59 of 2000.
Foreign equity instrument
Definition of “foreign equity instrument” inserted by section 17 of Act 60 of 2001, amended by section 6 of Act 74 of 2002 and deleted by section 4 of Act 31 of 2013 effective on 12 December 2013.
Government grant
Definition of “government grant” inserted by section 3 of Act 32 of 2005 and deleted by section 2 of Act 22 of 2012 effective on 1 January 2013.
Government scrapping payment
Definition of “government scrapping payment” inserted by section 3 of Act 20 of 2006 and deleted by section 2 of Act 22 of 2012 effective on 1 January 2013.
International headquarter company
Definition of “international headquarter company” inserted by section 2 of Act 59 of 2000 and deleted by section 12 of Act 45 of 2003.
Local authority
Definition of “local authority” amended by section 4 of Act 72 of 1963, substituted by section 5 of Act 88 of 1965 and section 2 of Act 141 of 1992 and deleted by section 3 of Act 20 of 2006.
Married
Definition of “married” deleted by section 5 of Act 5 of 2001.
Married person
Definition of “married person” substituted by section 3 of Act 90 of 1962, section 5 of Act 88 of 1965, section 4 of Act 88 of 1971 and section 4 of Act 90 of 1972, amended by section 3 of Act 104 of 1979, section 2 of Act 104 of 1980, section1 of Act 30 of 1984, section 2 of Act 90 of 1988 and section 2 of Act 70 of 1989 and deleted by section 2 of Act 21 of 1995.
Married woman
Definition of “married woman” inserted by section 2 of Act 70 of 1989, substituted by section 5 of Act 5 of 2001 and deleted by section 2 of Act 3 of 2008.
Mutual building society
Definition of “mutual building society” inserted by section 1 of Act 108 of 1986 and deleted by section 2 of Act 3 of 2008.
New deep level gold mine
Definition of “new deep level gold mine” deleted by section 2 of Act 70 of 1989.
New gold mine
Definition of “new gold mine” amended by section 4 of Act 72 of 1963 and deleted by section 2 of Act 70 of 1989.
Nominal value
Definition of “nominal value” inserted by section 4 of Act 85 of 1974 and deleted by section 6 of Act 7 of 2010 effective on 1 January 2011.
Other deep level gold mine
Definition of “other deep level gold mine” substituted by section 2 of Act 70 of 1989 and deleted by section 2 of Act 3 of 2008.
Post-1966 gold mine
Definition of “post–1966 gold mine” inserted by section 5 of Act 55 of 1966 and deleted by section 2 of Act 129 of 1991.
Qualifying statutory rate
Definition of “qualifying statutory rate” inserted by section 6 of Act 74 of 2002 and deleted by section 12 of Act 45 of 2003.
Scientific research
Definition of “scientific research” deleted by section 12 of Act 45 of 2003.
Secretary
Definition of “Secretary” inserted by section 4 of Act 90 of 1964 and deleted by section 2 of Act 104 of 1980.
Shareholder
Definition of “shareholder” substituted by section 3 of Act 90 of 1962, amended by section 2 of Act 121 of 1984, section 6 of Act 74 of 2002, section 12 of Act 45 of 2003, section 3 of Act 20 of 2006, section 3 of Act 8 of 2007 and section 6 of Act 7 of 2010 and deleted by section 7 of Act 24 of 2011 effective on 1 April 2012.
South African company
Definition of “South African company” inserted by section 4 of Act 85 of 1974, substituted by section 4 of Act 103 of 1976, section 2 of Act 96 of 1985 and section 2 of Act 36 of 1996 and deleted by section 2 of Act 59 of 2000.
Taxable amount
Definition of “taxable amount” inserted by section 4 of Act 88 of 1971 and deleted by section 2 of Act 104 of 1980.
Territory
Definition of “territory” inserted by section 6 of Act 89 of 1969, substituted by section 2 of Act 141 of 1992 and deleted by section 2 of Act 59 of 2000.
Other section 1 amendment details:
Section 1 renumbered to subsection 1(1) by section 271 of Act 28 of 2011 effective on 1 October 2012.
Subsection (2) of section 1 substituted by section 271 of Act 28 of 2011 effective on 1 October 2012.
“Total retirement contribution” definition of section 1 of ITA
“total retirement contribution” means any amount contributed to any pension fund, provident fund or retirement annuity fund in terms of the rules of that fund on or after 1 September 2024 by a person who is a member of that fund or any other person on behalf of that member, excluding any charges or premiums thereon;
[Definition of “total retirement contribution” inserted by section 1(1)(zI) of Act 12 of 2024 effective on 1 September, 2024 (effective date in section 1(2) of Act 12 of 2024 as substituted by section 2 of Act 6 of 2025)]
“Trade” definition of section 1 of ITA
“trade” includes every profession, trade, business, employment, calling, occupation or venture, including the letting of any property and the use of or the grant of permission to use any patent as defined in the Patents Act or any design as defined in the Designs Act or any trade mark as defined in the Trade Marks Act or any copyright as defined in the Copyright Act or any other property which is of a similar nature;
“Trade Marks Act” definition of section 1 of ITA
“Trade Marks Act” means the Trade Marks Act, 1993 (Act No. 194 of 1993);
“Trading stock” definition of section 1 of ITA
“trading stock” includes –
(a) includes-
(i) anything produced, manufactured, constructed, assembled, purchased or in any other manner acquired by a taxpayer for the purposes of manufacture, sale or exchange by the taxpayer or on behalf of the taxpayer;
(ii) anything the proceeds from the disposal of which forms or will form part of the taxpayer’s gross income, otherwise than-
(aa) in terms of paragraph (j) or (m) of the definition of ‘gross income’;
(bb) in terms of paragraph 14(1) of the First Schedule; or
(cc) as a recovery or recoupment contemplated in section 8(4) which is included in gross income in terms of paragraph (n) of the definition of ‘gross income’; or
(iii) any consumable stores and spare parts acquired by the taxpayer to be used or consumed in the course of the taxpayer’s trade; but
(b) does not include-
(i) a foreign currency option contract ;or
(ii) a forward exchange contract,
as defined in section 24I(1);
“Trust” definition of section 1 of ITA
“trust” means any trust fund consisting of cash or other assets which are administered and controlled by a person acting in a fiduciary capacity, where such person is appointed under a deed of trust or by agreement or under the will of a deceased person, and includes a portfolio of a collective investment scheme and a portfolio of a hedge fund collective investment scheme;
[Definition of “trust” inserted by section 2(i) of Act 141 of 1992 and substituted by section 1(1)(k) of Act 42 of 2024]
“Trustee” definition of section 1 of ITA
“trustee”, in addition to every person appointed or constituted as such by act of parties, by will, by order or declaration of court or by operation of law, includes an executor or administrator, tutor or curator, and any person having the administration or control of any property subject to a trust, usufruct, fideicommissum or other limited interest or acting in any fiduciary capacity or having, either in a private or in an official capacity, the possession, direction, control or management of any property of any person under legal disability;
“Value-Added Tax Act” definition of section 1 of ITA
“Value-Added Tax Act” means the Value-Added Tax Act, 1991 (Act No. 89 of 1991);
“Vested component” definition of section 1 of ITA
“vested component” means a component established in terms of the rules of a pension fund, pension preservation fund, provident fund, provident preservation fund or retirement annuity fund for a person who is a member of that fund: Provided that the rules of the fund provide that-
(a) the member’s interest in this component, after taking into account the allocation of the amount contemplated in paragraph (a) of the definition of “savings component”, is subject to and must be paid in accordance with the rules of the fund that exist immediately prior to 1 September 2024;
(b) no contributions may be made to this component on or after 1 September 2024, except in the case of a person who was a member of a provident fund and is still a member of the same provident fund and who was 55 years of age or older on 1 March 2021: Provided that where the above-mentioned member has elected to make contributions to the savings component and the retirement component on or after 1 September 2024, that member may not be allowed to make contributions to this component from the month following the effective date of election;
(c) the member may, in accordance with the rules of the fund that exist immediately prior to 1 September 2024, elect to transfer the value of this component into the member’s vested component of another pension fund, pension preservation fund, provident fund, provident preservation fund or retirement annuity fund on termination of membership of the fund;
(d) the member may elect to transfer the value of this component into the member’s retirement component of another pension fund, pension preservation fund, provident fund, provident preservation fund or retirement annuity fund on termination of membership of the fund; and
(e) the member may elect to transfer the value of this component into the member’s retirement component of the same pension fund, pension preservation fund, provident fund, provident preservation fund or retirement annuity fund of which he or she is a member;
[Definition of “vested component” inserted by section 1(1)(zJ) of Act 12 of 2024 and substituted by section 1(1)(zH) of Act 44 of 2024 deemed to have come into operation on 1 September, 2024]
“Water services provider” definition of section 1 of ITA
“water services provider” means a person who provides water supply services and sanitation services and who is –
(a) a public entity regulated under the Public Finance Management Act;
(b) a wholly owned subsidiary or entity of a public entity contemplated in paragraph (a) if the operations of the subsidiary or entity are ancillary or complementary to the operations of that public entity;
(c) a company as contemplated in paragraph (a) of the definition of ‘company’, which is wholly owned by one or more municipalities; or
(d) a board or institution which has powers similar to a water board established in terms of the Water Services Act, 1997 (Act No. 108 of 1997), and would have fallen within the ambit of the definition of ‘local authority’ prior to the coming into operation of section 3(1)(h) of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2006;