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An analysis of the appropriateness of the four funds approach for the taxation of life insurers in South Africa including a qualitative comparison to the recently enacted approach adopted in New Zealand and recommendations for improvement to the approach

Section 29A of the Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962 contains a special set of rules for the taxation of life insurers. These rules were originally enacted in 1993 and are commonly referred to as the four funds approach. The rules have remained largely unchanged since their original enactment despite on...

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Main Author: Donaldson, Peter Allen
Other Authors: West, Darron
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Commercial Law 2015
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description Section 29A of the Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962 contains a special set of rules for the taxation of life insurers. These rules were originally enacted in 1993 and are commonly referred to as the four funds approach. The rules have remained largely unchanged since their original enactment despite ongoing changes in the life insurance industry in particular with regards to new product offerings.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11804 An analysis of the appropriateness of the four funds approach for the taxation of life insurers in South Africa including a qualitative comparison to the recently enacted approach adopted in New Zealand and recommendations for improvement to the approach Donaldson, Peter Allen West, Darron Taxation Section 29A of the Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962 contains a special set of rules for the taxation of life insurers. These rules were originally enacted in 1993 and are commonly referred to as the four funds approach. The rules have remained largely unchanged since their original enactment despite ongoing changes in the life insurance industry in particular with regards to new product offerings. 2015-01-08T20:05:45Z 2015-01-08T20:05:45Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11804 eng application/pdf Department of Commercial Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
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An analysis of the appropriateness of the four funds approach for the taxation of life insurers in South Africa including a qualitative comparison to the recently enacted approach adopted in New Zealand and recommendations for improvement to the approach
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title An analysis of the appropriateness of the four funds approach for the taxation of life insurers in South Africa including a qualitative comparison to the recently enacted approach adopted in New Zealand and recommendations for improvement to the approach
title_full An analysis of the appropriateness of the four funds approach for the taxation of life insurers in South Africa including a qualitative comparison to the recently enacted approach adopted in New Zealand and recommendations for improvement to the approach
title_fullStr An analysis of the appropriateness of the four funds approach for the taxation of life insurers in South Africa including a qualitative comparison to the recently enacted approach adopted in New Zealand and recommendations for improvement to the approach
title_full_unstemmed An analysis of the appropriateness of the four funds approach for the taxation of life insurers in South Africa including a qualitative comparison to the recently enacted approach adopted in New Zealand and recommendations for improvement to the approach
title_short An analysis of the appropriateness of the four funds approach for the taxation of life insurers in South Africa including a qualitative comparison to the recently enacted approach adopted in New Zealand and recommendations for improvement to the approach
title_sort analysis of the appropriateness of the four funds approach for the taxation of life insurers in south africa including a qualitative comparison to the recently enacted approach adopted in new zealand and recommendations for improvement to the approach
topic Taxation
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