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Review of small business tax relief measures in South Africa
Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/41575 Review of small business tax relief measures in South Africa Homeier, Karl jeanne.stols@gmail.com Stols, Jeanne Anine Small businesses Tax relief UCTD Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2013. Small businesses form an essential part of any country’s economy and these businesses are essential for growth and employment opportunities. It is however recognised that the success of small businesses are dependent on a few factors of which tax relief measures are one. The South African Government is supporting small businesses in our country through various initiatives and current small business tax relief measures form part of these initiatives. This study focuses on only two such tax relief measures namely section 12E of the Income Tax Act for entities that qualify as a small business corporation and Turnover Tax for entities that qualify as micro businesses. These two tax relief measures aim to give small businesses reduced tax rates to assist them to grow and contribute towards job creation in South Africa. The unemployment rate in South Africa in the second quarter of 2013 was 25.6%. This is thus one indication that the tax relief measures per section 12E of the Income Tax Act and Turnover Tax are possibly not meeting the objectives of assisting small businesses to grow and alleviate unemployment. This study focuses on researching the current small business tax relief measures in South Africa. The study thus commences with a literature review regarding the small business tax relief measures per section 12E of the Income Tax Act and Turnover Tax. It also includes detailed discussions regarding the criteria which should be met by small businesses to qualify for the tax relief per section 12E and Turnover Tax. The study then proceeds to obtain and analyse data through a questionnaire to accountants regarding their opinion of the current small business tax relief measures. Finally the study researches the objectives set out by SARS for section 12E of the Income Tax Act and Turnover Tax to determine whether these objectives have been met or not and to critically compare this to the responses from the accountants on the same subject. As a result this study will assist the South African Government to determine areas for possible improvement in the current small business tax relief measures. Improvements in such tax relief measures could then contribute positively towards the economy of South Africa as a whole. The small business tax relief measures were however limited to those already implemented in South Africa and further research could possibly be conducted regarding such tax relief measures in other developing countries similar to South Africa. lmchunu2014 Taxation unrestricted 2014-08-25T07:58:53Z 2014-08-25T07:58:53Z 2014-04-01 2013 Mini Dissertation Stols, JA 2014, Review of small business tax relief measures in South Africa, MCom dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41575> F14/4/508/lm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41575 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Small businesses Tax relief UCTD Review of small business tax relief measures in South Africa |
| title | Review of small business tax relief measures in South Africa |
| title_full | Review of small business tax relief measures in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Review of small business tax relief measures in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Review of small business tax relief measures in South Africa |
| title_short | Review of small business tax relief measures in South Africa |
| title_sort | review of small business tax relief measures in south africa |
| topic | Small businesses Tax relief UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41575 |