Reproduced under Goverment Printer’s Authorisation (Authorisation No. 11837) dated 30 November 2020.
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EMPLOYMENT TAX INCENTIVE ACT 26 OF 2013
(ASSENTED TO 17 DECEMBER, 2013)
[Commencement date: 1 January, 2014]
[English text signed by the President]
as amended by
Taxation Laws Amendment Act 43 of 2014
Taxation Laws Amendment Act 25 of 2015
Taxation Laws Amendment Act 15 of 2016
Taxation Laws Amendment Act 17 of 2017
Taxation Laws Amendment Act 23 of 2018
Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Act 32 of 2019
Taxation Laws Amendment Act 34 of 2019
Disaster Management Tax Relief Act 13 of 2020
Tax Administration Laws Amendment Act 16 of 2022
Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Act 19 of 2022
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ACT
To provide for an employment tax incentive in the form of an amount by which employees’ tax may be reduced; to allow for a claim and payment of an amount where employees’ tax cannot be reduced; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
PREAMBLE
SINCE the unemployment rate in the Republic is of concern to government;
AND SINCE government recognises the need to share the costs of expanding job opportunities with the private sector;
AND SINCE government wishes to support employment growth by focusing on labour market activation, especially in relation to young work seekers;
AND SINCE government is desirous of instituting an employment tax incentive,