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The interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962

Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2015.

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Other Authors: Kujinga, Benjamin T.
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/53183 The interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 Kujinga, Benjamin T. shirleen.lawson@gmail.com Ritchie, Shirleen UCTD Income tax act Law theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This dissertation considers the conceptual interaction between section 23M and section 31 of the Income Tax Act, 1962. Both sections limit tax deductible interest expenditure paid to non-resident related persons based on specific requirements. The dissertation establishes the ambit of each section by relying on an interpretive guide, which takes into account three aspects of interpretation. These three aspects are: the ordinary grammatical meaning of the words comprising each section; the contextual understanding of each section; and the purpose of each section. The dissertation determines that there is an overlap in the ambit of section 23M and section 31 in respect of the taxpayer to which each section applies, interest as determined for purposes of the common law and the purpose of each section, being to prevent tax base erosion through excessive interest rate deductions. Despite the presence of an overlap, a taxpayer falling within the ambit of both sections is always limited to a deduction equal to the smaller answer yielded by section 23M or section 31. However, in respect of the carry-forward in section 23M(4) there is uncertainty as to the calculation of the carry-forward. The dissertation recommends an amendment to section 23M(4) to clarify the calculation of the carry-forward amount. In the absence of a carry-forward, the dissertation determines that a possible interpretational solution may be to calculate the carry-forward with reference to actual interest expenditure and to subject any deduction in respect of an amount carried forward to section 31 in the year of assessment during which a deduction is claimed. Mercantile Law LLM Unrestricted 2016-06-14T09:45:19Z 2016-06-14T09:45:19Z 2016-04-14 2015 Mini Dissertation Ritchie, S 2016, The interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53183> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53183 en © 2016 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 UCTD
Income tax act
Law theses SDG-10
SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
The interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962
title The interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962
title_full The interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962
title_fullStr The interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962
title_full_unstemmed The interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962
title_short The interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962
title_sort interaction between the interest deductibility rules contained in the income tax act 58 of 1962
topic UCTD
Income tax act
Law theses SDG-10
SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53183