(1) For the purposes of this section-
‘acquired company’ means-
(a) a transferor company or a liquidating company that disposes of assets pursuant to a reorganisation transaction; or
(b) a company in which equity shares are acquired by another company in terms of an acquisition transaction;
(1) For the purposes of this section –
“agreement” means an agreement concluded by the taxpayer in terms of which the taxpayer is entitled to operate a toll road;
“sale and leaseback arrangement” means any arrangement whereby –
(a) any person disposes of any asset (whether directly or indirectly) to any other person; and
(b) such person or any connected person in relation to such person leases (whether directly or indirectly) such asset from such other person.
(2) No deduction is allowed in respect of any premium incurred by a person in terms of a policy to the extent that the premium is not taken into account as an expense for the purposes of financial reporting pursuant to IFRS in either the current year of assessment or a future year of assessment.
[Subsection (2) substituted by section 60(1)(d) of Act 31 of 2013 effective on 1 April, 2014 and applicable in respect of premiums incurred on or after that date]
(3) Where policy benefits are received by or accrue to a person in terms of a policy during a year of assessment, and where that person has been denied, whether in the current or any previous year of assessment, a deduction in terms of section 23L(2) for any premiums paid under such policy, there must be included in the gross income of that person an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all policy benefits received by or accrued to that person during that year of assessment and previous years of assessment in respect of that policy, less-
(a) the aggregate amount of premiums incurred in terms of that policy that were not deductible in terms of subsection (2); and
(b) the aggregate amount of policy benefits in respect of that policy that were included in the gross income of that person during previous years of assessment.
[Subsection (3) substituted by section 60(1)(d) of Act 31 of 2013 and amended by section 26(1) of Act 23 of 2020 effective on 1 January, 2021 and applicable in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date]
24. Credit agreements and debtors allowance
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 24J, if any taxpayer has entered into any agreement with any other person in respect of any property the effect of which is that, in the case of movable property, the ownership shall pass or, in the case of immovable property, transfer shall be passed from the taxpayer to that other person, upon or after the receipt by the taxpayer of the whole or a certain portion of the amount payable to the taxpayer under the agreement, the whole of that amount shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to have accrued to the taxpayer on the day on which the agreement was entered into.
(2) In the case of such an agreement, other than a lay-by agreement as contemplated in subsection (2A), in terms of which at least 25 per cent of the said amount payable only becomes due and payable on or after the expiry of a period of not less than 12 months after the date of the said agreement, taking into consideration any allowance made under section 11(j), there shall be made such further allowance as under the special circumstances of the trade of the taxpayer, as set out in a public notice issued by the Commissioner, is reasonable, in respect of all amounts which are deemed to have accrued under such agreements but which have not been received at the close of the taxpayer’s accounting period: Provided that any allowance so made shall be included as income in the taxpayer’s returns for the following year of assessment and shall form part of the taxpayer’s income.
[Subsection (2) substituted by section 13(1)(a) of Act 20 of 2022 with effect from 1 January, 2023 and applicable in respect of years of assessment ending on or after that date (section 13(1)(a) of Act 20 of 2022 as substituted by section 68(1) of Act 17 of 2023)]
(2A) In the case of a lay-by agreement as contemplated in section 62 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2008 (Act 68 of 2008), the Commissioner may make an allowance in respect of all amounts which are deemed to have accrued under such agreement but which have not been received by the end of the taxpayer’s year of assessment.
[Subsection (2A) inserted by section 13(1)(b) of Act 20 of 2022 effective on 1 January, 2023 and applicable in respect of years of assessment ending on or after that date]
(2B) Any allowance made under subsection (2A) shall be included in the income of that taxpayer in the immediately following year of assessment.
[Subsection (2B) inserted by section 13(1)(b) of Act 20 of 2022 effective on 1 January, 2023 and applicable in respect of years of assessment ending on or after that date]
24H. Persons carrying on trade or business in partnership
(2) Where any trade or business is carried on in partnership, each member of such partnership shall, notwithstanding the fact that he may be a limited partner, be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be carrying on such trade or business.
(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act contained, the amount of any allowance or deduction which may be granted to any taxpayer under any provision of this Act in respect of or in connection with any trade or business carried on by him in a partnership in relation to which he is a limited partner shall not in the aggregate exceed the sum of –
(a) the amount, whether it consists of the taxpayer’s contribution to the partnership or of any other amount, for which the taxpayer is or may be held liable to any creditor of the partnership; and
(b) any income received by or accrued to the taxpayer from such trade or business.
(4) Any allowance or deduction which has been disallowed under the provisions of subsection (3) shall be carried forward and be deemed to be an allowance or deduction to which the taxpayer is entitled in the succeeding year of assessment.
(5)
(a) Where any income has in common been received by or accrued to the members of any partnership or foreign partnership, a portion (determined in accordance with any agreement between such members as to the ratio in which the profits or losses of the partnership are to be shared) of such income shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law or the relevant agreement of partnership, be deemed to have been received by or to have accrued to each such member individually on the date upon which such income was received by or accrued to them in common.
(b) Where a portion of any income is under the provisions of paragraph (a) deemed to have been received by or to have accrued to a taxpayer, a portion (determined as aforesaid) of any deduction or allowance which may be granted under the provisions of this Act in the determination of the taxable income derived from such income shall be granted in the determination of the taxpayer’s taxable income so derived.
“foreign currency” in relation to any exchange item of a person, means any currency which is not local currency;
“repurchase agreement” means the obtaining of money (which money shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to have been so obtained by way of a loan) through the disposal of an asset by any person to any other person subject to an agreement in terms of which such person undertakes to acquire from such other person at a future date the asset so disposed of or any other asset issued by the issuer of, and which has been so issued subject to the same conditions regarding term, interest rate and price as, the asset so disposed of;
(1) For the purposes of this section, ‘limited partner’ means any member of a partnership en commandite, an anonymous partnership, any similar partnership or a foreign partnership, if such member’s liability towards a creditor of the partnership is limited to the amount which the member has contributed or undertaken to contribute to the partnership or is in any other way limited.