“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service appointed in terms of section 6 of the SARS Act or the Acting Commissioner designated in terms of section 7 of that Act;

“business day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, and for purposes of determining the days or a period allowed for complying with the provisions of Chapter 9, excludes the days between 16 December of each year and 15 January of the following year, both days inclusive;

“biometric information” means biological data used to authenticate the identity of a natural person by means of-

(a)     facial recognition;

(b)     fingerprint recognition;

(c)     voice recognition;

(d)     iris or retina recognition; and

(e)     other, less intrusive biological data, as may be prescribed by the Minister in a regulation issued under section 257;

“asset” includes-

 

(a)     property of whatever nature, whether movable or immovable, corporeal or incorporeal; and

 

(b)     a right or interest of whatever nature to or in the property;

“assessment” means the determination of the amount of a tax liability or refund, by way of self-assessment by the taxpayer or assessment by SARS;

“administrative non-compliance penalty” has the meaning assigned in section 208;

“administration of a tax Act” has the meaning assigned in section 3(2);

“additional assessment” is an assessment referred to in section 92;