(lA) an amount equal to the market value of any qualifying equity share granted to an employee of that person as contemplated in section 8B, as determined on the date of grant as defined in that section less any consideration given by that employee for that qualifying equity share, which applies in lieu of any other deduction which may otherwise be allowed to that person or any other person in respect of the granting of that share: Provided that the deduction under this paragraph may not during any year of assessment in aggregate exceed an amount of R10 000 in respect of all qualifying equity shares granted to a single employee and so much as exceeds that amount may be carried forward to the immediately succeeding year of assessment and that excess is deemed to be the market value of qualifying equity shares granted to the relevant employee during that immediately succeeding year for purposes of this paragraph;
Category: PART I – Normal Tax (ITA)
“Purchaser” definition of section 10A of ITA
“purchaser”, in relation to an annuity contract means –
(a) any natural person and includes such person’s deceased or insolvent estate; or
(b) a curator bonis of, or a trust created solely for the benefit of, any natural person where the High Court has declared such person to be of unsound mind and incapable of managing his own affairs and such Court has ordered the appointment of such curator or creation of such trust, as the case may be;
Section 11(l) of ITA
(l) any amount contributed by a person that is an employer during the year of assessment for the benefit of or on behalf of any employee or former employee of the employer or for any dependant or nominee of a deceased employee or former employee of that employer to any pension fund, provident fund or retirement annuity fund in terms of the rules of that fund: Provided that for the purposes of this paragraph a partner in a partnership must be deemed to be an employee of the partnership and a partnership must be deemed to be the employer of the partners in that partnership;
[Paragraph (l) substituted by section 8 of Act 104 of 1979, amended by section 30 of Act 30 of 1998, section 10 of Act 94 of 1983, section 10 of Act 3 of 2008 and section 271 of Act 28 of 2011 and substituted by section 27(1)(l) of Act 31 of 2013 effective on 1 March 2016 (Date of operation in section 27(1)(l) of Act 31 of 2013 as substituted by section 122(1)(b) of Act 43 of 2014) and section 25 of Act 23 of 2018 effective on 1 March 2018]
Section 11(a) of ITA – general deduction formula
For the purpose of determining the taxable income derived by any person from carrying on any trade, there shall be allowed as deductions from the income of such person so derived –
(a) expenditure and losses actually incurred in the production of the income, provided such expenditure and losses are not of a capital nature;
(b) ……….
Section 10(1)(nD) of ITA
(nD) any amount received by or accrued to that person which constitutes –
(i) an equity instrument contemplated in section 8C acquired by that person and in respect of which that section applies; or
(ii) consideration for the disposal of an equity instrument contemplated in subparagraph (i),
which had not yet vested as contemplated in that section at the time of that acquisition or disposal;
“Statutory actuary” definition of section 10A of ITA
“statutory actuary” means an actuary appointed in accordance with section 20 (1) or 21 (1) (b) of the Long-term Insurance Act;
Section 11(k) of ITA
(k) ……….
[Paragraph (k) amended by section 8 of Act 72 of 1963, substituted by section 12 of Act 55 of 1966, section 9 of Act 65 of 1973, section 9 of Act 69 of 1975 and section 9 of Act 113 of 1977, amended by section 5 of Act 101 of 1978, section 8 of Act 104 of 1979, section 9 of Act 96 of 1981, section 10 of Act 94 of 1983, section 11 of Act 121 of 1984, section 30 of Act 30 of 1998, section 18 of Act 31 of 2005, section 2 of Act 8 of 2007, section 1 of Act 3 of 2008, section 10 of Act 3 of 2008, section 14 of Act 17 of 2009, substituted by section 27(1)(k) of Act 31 of 2013 (substitution by and date of operation in terms of section 27(1)(k) of Act 31 of 2013 substituted by section 122(1)(a) and (b) of Act 43 of 2014), amended by section 2 of Act 2 of 2016 and section 26 of Act 15 of 2016 and deleted by section 19 of Act 17 of 2017 effective on 1 March 2016]
Section 11 (ITA) – General deductions allowed in determination of taxable income
11. General deductions allowed in determination of taxable income
Section 10(1)(nC) of ITA
(nC) any amount received by or accrued to that person in the form of a qualifying equity share contemplated in section 8B;
Subsections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of section 10B of ITA
(2) Subject to subsection (4), there must be exempt from normal tax any foreign dividend received by or accrued to a person-
(a) if that person (whether alone or together with any other company forming part of the same group of companies as that person) holds at least 10 per cent of the total equity shares and voting rights in the company declaring the foreign dividend;
(b) if that person is a foreign company and the foreign dividend is paid or declared by another foreign company that is resident in the same country as that person;
(c) who is a resident to the extent that the foreign dividend does not exceed the aggregate of all amounts which are included in the income of that resident in terms of section 9D in any year of assessment, which relate to the net income of-
(i) the company declaring the foreign dividend; or
(ii) any other company which has been included in the income of that resident in terms of section 9D by virtue of that resident’s participation rights in that other company held indirectly through the company declaring the foreign 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 resident at any time from any company contemplated in subparagraph (i) or (ii), as was-
(A) exempt from tax in terms of paragraph (a), (d) or (e); or
[Item (A) substituted by section 23 of Act 23 of 2018 effective on 17 January 2019]
(B) previously not included in the income of that resident by virtue of any prior inclusion in terms of section 9D;
: Provided that for the purposes of this paragraph, the net income of any company contemplated in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) must be determined without regard to subsection (3).
(d) to the extent that the foreign dividend is received by or accrues to that person in respect of a listed share and does not consist of a distribution of an asset in specie; or
(e) to the extent that the foreign dividend is received by or accrues to a company that is a resident in respect of a listed share and consists of the distribution of an asset in specie:
Provided that paragraphs (a) and (b) must not apply to any foreign dividend to the extent that the foreign dividend is deductible by the foreign company declaring or paying that foreign dividend in the determination of any tax on income on companies of the country in which that foreign company has its place of effective management.
: Provided further that paragraph (a) must not apply to any foreign dividend received by or accrued to that person in respect of a share other than an equity share.
(3) In addition to the exemption provided for in subsection (2), there must be exempt from normal tax so much of the amount of the aggregate of any foreign dividends received by or accrued to a person during a year of assessment as-
(a) is not exempt from normal tax in terms of subsection (2) for that year of assessment; and
(b) does not during the year of assessment exceed an amount determined in accordance with the following formula:
A = B × C
in which formula:
(i) ‘A’ represents the amount to be exempted for a year of assessment in terms of this paragraph;
(ii) ‘B’ represents-
(aa) where the person is a natural person, deceased estate, insolvent estate or trust, the ratio of the number 25 to the number 45;
[Item (aa) substituted by section 6 of Act 13 of 2015 and section 8 of Act 14 of 2017 effective on 1 March 2017, applies in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date]
(bb) where the person is-
(A) a person other than a natural person, deceased estate, insolvent estate or trust; or
(B) an insurer in respect of its company policyholder fund, corporate fund and risk policy fund,
[Subitem (B) substituted by section 15 of Act 43 of 2014 effective on 1 January 2016]
the ratio of the number 7 to the number 27; or
[Item (bb) amended by section 8(1)(b) of Act 14 of 2017 and by section 10(1)(a) of Act 17 of 2023 effective on 31 March, 2023 and applicable in respect of years of assessment ending on or after that date]
(cc) where the person is an insurer in respect of its individual policyholder fund, the ratio of the number 10 to the number 30; and
[Item (cc) substituted by section 8 of Act 14 of 2017 effective on 1 March 2017, applies in respect of years of assessment commencing on or after that date]
(iii) ‘C’ represents the aggregate of any foreign dividends received by or accrued to the person during a year of assessment that is not exempt from normal tax in terms of subsection (2).
(4) Subsections (2)(a), (2)(b), (2)(d) and (3) do not apply in respect of any foreign dividend received by or accrued to any person if-
(a)
(i) any amount of that foreign dividend is determined directly or indirectly with reference to; or
(ii) that foreign dividend arises directly or indirectly from any amount paid or payable by any person to any other person; and
(b) the amount so paid or payable is deductible from the income of the person by whom it is paid or payable and-
(i) is not subject to normal tax in the hands of the other person contemplated in subparagraph (i); and
(ii) where that other person contemplated in subparagraph (i) is a controlled foreign company, is not taken into account in determining the net income, contemplated in section 9D(2A), of that controlled foreign company,
unless the amount so paid or payable is paid or payable as consideration for the purchase of trading stock by the person by whom the amount is paid or payable, or the foreign dividend is declared from profits where less than 20 per cent of the profits were generated from transactions with persons that deducted the amount so paid or payable from income.
[Subsection (4) amended by section 20(1)(e) and (f) of Act 22 of 2012 and substituted by section 10(1)(b) of Act 17 of 2023 with effect from 1 January, 2024 and applicable in respect of dividends or foreign dividends received or accrued on or after that date]
(4A) Subsection (2)(a) and (b) do not apply in respect of any foreign dividend received by or accrued to any person from any portfolio contemplated in paragraph (e)(ii) of the definition of ‘company’ in section 1.
[Subsection (4A) inserted by section 10(1)(c) of Act 17 of 2023 with effect from 1 January, 2024 and applicable in respect of dividends or foreign dividends received or accrued on or after that date]
(5) The exemptions from tax provided by subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in respect of any portion of an annuity or extend to any payments out of any foreign dividend received by or accrued to any person.
[Subsection (5) substituted by section 20 of Act 22 of 2012 effective on 1 March 2012 where it applies to any person that is a natural person, deceased estate, insolvent estate or trust, and effective on 1 April 2012 where it applies to any person that is a person other than a natural person, deceased estate, insolvent estate or trust, and by section 17 of Act 17 of 2017 effective on 18 December 2017]
(6) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to any foreign dividend received by or accrued to a person in respect of-
(a) services rendered or to be rendered or in respect of or by virtue of employment or the holding of any office, other than a foreign dividend in respect of a share held by that person; or
(b) a restricted equity instrument as defined in section 8C that was acquired in the circumstances contemplated in that section if that foreign dividend is derived directly or indirectly from, or constitutes-
(i) an amount-
(aa) transferred or applied by a company as consideration for the acquisition or redemption of any share in that company; or
(bb) received or accrued in anticipation or in the course of the winding up, liquidation, deregistration or final termination of a company; or
(ii) an equity instrument that does not qualify, at the time of the receipt or accrual of that foreign dividend, as a restricted equity instrument as defined in section 8C.
[Subparagraph (ii) substituted by section 17 of Act 17 of 2017 effective on 18 December 2017]
[Subsection (6) added by section 25 of Act 31 of 2013 and substituted by section 25 of Act 15 of 2016 effective on 1 March 2017, applies in respect of amounts received or accrued after that date]
(6A) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to any foreign dividend received by or accrued to any company in respect of a share to the extent that the aggregate of those foreign dividends does not exceed an amount equal to the aggregate of any deductible expenditure incurred by that company or any amount taken into account that has the effect of reducing income in the application of section 24JB(2), and the amount of that expenditure or reduction is determined directly or indirectly with reference to the foreign dividend in respect of a share that is an identical share to that share: Provided that the deductible expenditure so incurred or the amount of the reduction must be reduced by any amount of income accrued to the company in respect of any distribution in respect of any other share that is an identical share in relation to that share.
[Subsection (6A) inserted by section 11(1) of Act 23 of 2020 effective on 1 January, 2021 and applicable to foreign dividends received or accrued on or after that date]
(7)
(a) The Minister may announce in the national annual budget contemplated in section 27(1) of the Public Finance Management Act, that, effective on a date or dates mentioned in that announcement, the numbers contemplated in subsection (3)(b)(ii) will be altered to the extent mentioned in the announcement.
[Paragraph (a) substituted by section 6(1) of Act 20 of 2022 deemed effective on 17 January 2019]
(b) If the Minister makes an announcement of an alteration contemplated in paragraph (a), that alteration comes into effect on the date or dates determined by the Minister in that announcement and continues to apply for a period of 12 months from that date subject to Parliament passing legislation giving effect to that announcement within that period of 12 months.
[Subsection (7) added by section 23 of Act 23 of 2018 effective on 17 January 2019]