“Tax holiday status” definition of paragraph 37H of Eighth Schedule

“tax holiday status” means the status whereby in respect of a year of assessment ending

 

(a)     during the period of six months ending 31 March 1997, the income of a qualifying company is reduced in accordance with subsection (12); or

 

(b)     after 31 March 1997, the rate of normal tax on each rand of the taxable income received by or accrued to or in favour of a qualifying company is fixed at a rate of zero per cent in terms of section 5.

“Local currency” definition of paragraph 43 of Eighth Schedule

“local currency” means –

 

(a)     in relation to a permanent establishment of a person, the functional currency of that permanent establishment (other than the currency of any country in the common monetary area);

 

(b)     in relation to a headquarter company, in respect of amounts which are not attributable to a permanent establishment outside the Republic, the functional currency of that headquarter company;

 

(c)     in relation to a domestic treasury management company, in respect of amounts which are not attributable to a permanent establishment outside the Republic, the functional currency of that domestic treasury management company;

 

(d)     in relation to an international shipping company defined in section 12Q, in respect of amounts which are not attributable to a permanent establishment outside the Republic, the functional currency of that international shipping company; or

 

(e)     in any other case, the currency of the Republic.