10. Exemptions
(1) There shall be exempt from normal tax –
Section 10
10. Exemptions
(1) There shall be exempt from normal tax –
(a) the receipts and accruals of the government of the Republic in the national, provincial or local sphere;
(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;
(bB) the receipts and accruals of the-
(i) African Development Bank established on 10 September 1964;
(ii) World Bank established on 27 December 1945 including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association;
(iii) International Monetary Fund established on 27 December 1945;
(iv) African Import and Export Bank established on 8 May 1993;
(v) European Investment Bank established on 1 January 1958 under the Treaty of Rome;
(vi) New Development Bank established on 15 July 2014;
[Paragraph (bB) inserted by section 23 of Act 15 of 2016 effective on 19 January 2017]
(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.
(cA) the receipts and accruals of –
(i) any institution, board or body (other than a company as defined in the Companies Act, any co-operative, close corporation, trust or water services provider) established by or under any law and which, in the furtherance of its sole or principal object-
(aa) conducts scientific, technical or industrial research;
(bb) provides necessary or useful commodities, amenities or services to the State (including any provincial administration) or members of the general public; or
(cc) carries on activities (including the rendering of financial assistance by way of loans or otherwise) designed to promote commerce, industry or agriculture or any branch thereof;
(ii) any association, corporation or company contemplated in paragraph (a) of the definition of “company” in section 1, all the shares of which are held by any such institution, board or body, if the operations of such association, corporation or company are ancillary or complementary to the object of such institution, board or body:
Provided that such institution, board, body or company –
(a) has been approved by the Commissioner subject to such conditions as he may deem necessary to ensure that the activities of such institution, board, body or company are wholly or mainly directed to the furtherance of its sole or principal object;
(b) is by law or under its constitution –
(i) not permitted to distribute any amount to any person, other than, in the case of such company, to the holders of shares in that company;
[Subparagraph (i) substituted by section 23(1)(c) of Act 31 of 2013 and by section 10(1)(a) of Act 23 of 2020]
(ii) required to utilize its funds solely for investment or the object for which it has been established; and
(iii) required on dissolution-
(aa) where the institution, board, body or company is established under any law, to transfer its assets to some other institution, board or body which has been granted exemption from tax in terms of this paragraph and which has objects similar to those of such institution, board, body or company; or
(bb) where the institution, board or body is established by law, to transfer its assets to –
(A) some other institution, board or body which has been granted exemption from tax in terms of this paragraph and which has objects similar to those of such institution, board, body or company; or
(B) to the State:
Provided further that –
(a) where the Commissioner is satisfied that any such institution, board, body or company has during any year of assessment failed to comply with the provisions of this paragraph, he may withdraw his approval of the institution, board, body or company with effect from the commencement of that year of assessment;
(b) where the institution, board, body or company fails to transfer, or take reasonable steps to transfer, its assets as contemplated in paragraph (b) (iii) of the first proviso, the accumulated net revenue which has not been distributed shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be an amount of taxable income which accrued to such institution, board, body or company during the year of assessment contemplated in paragraph (a); and
(c) ……….
(cE) the receipts and accruals of any political party registered in terms of section 15 of the Electoral Commission Act, 1996 (Act No. 51 of 1996);
(cG) the receipts and accruals of any person who is not a resident, which are derived by such person from carrying on business as the owner or charterer of any ship or aircraft, if a similar exemption or equivalent relief is granted by the country of which such person is a resident, to any resident in respect of any tax imposed in that country on income which may be derived by such person from carrying on in such country any business as owner or charterer of any ship or aircraft;
(cN) the receipts and accruals of any public benefit organisation approved by the Commissioner in terms of section 30(3), to the extent that the receipts and accruals are derived –
(i) otherwise than from any business undertaking or trading activity; or
(ii) from any business undertaking or trading activity –
(aa) if the undertaking or activity –
(A) is integral and directly related to the sole or principal object of that public benefit organisation as contemplated in paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘public benefit organisation’ in section 30;
(B) is carried out or conducted on a basis substantially the whole of which is directed towards the recovery of cost; and
(C) does not result in unfair competition in relation to taxable entities;
(bb) if the undertaking or activity is of an occasional nature and undertaken substantially with assistance on a voluntary basis without compensation;
(cc) if the undertaking or activity is approved by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, having regard to –
(A) the scope and benevolent nature of the undertaking or activity;
(B) the direct connection and interrelationship of the undertaking or activity with the sole or principal object of the public benefit organisation;
(C) the profitability of the undertaking or activity; and
(D) the level of economic distortion that may be caused by the tax exempt status of the public benefit organisation carrying out the undertaking or activity; or
(dd) other than an undertaking or activity in respect of which item (aa), (bb) or (cc) applies and do not exceed the greater of –
(i) 5 per cent of the total receipts and accruals of that public benefit organisation during the relevant year of assessment; or
(ii) R200 000;
(cO) the receipts and accruals of any recreational club approved by the Commissioner in terms of section 30A, to the extent that the receipts and accruals are derived –
(i) in the form of membership fees or subscriptions paid by its members;
(ii) from any business undertaking or trading activity that –
(aa) is integral and directly related to the provision of social and recreational amenities or facilities for the members of that club;
(bb) is carried out on a basis substantially the whole of which is directed towards the recovery of cost; and
(cc) does not result in unfair competition in relation to taxable entities;
(iii) from any fundraising activities of that club, which are of an occasional nature and undertaken substantially with assistance on a voluntary basis without compensation; and
(iv) from any other source and do not in total exceed the greater of –
(aa) five per cent of the total membership fees and subscriptions due and payable by its members during the relevant year of assessment; or
(bb) R120 000;