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The South African GAAR : striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance

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:2263/53184 The South African GAAR : striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance Kujinga, Benjamin T. pamelabodlo@yahoo.com Bodlo, Pamela UCTD Tax avoidance Income tax act Law theses SDG-10 Law theses SDG-16 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2015. In the topic of tax avoidance, there are two types of tax avoidance namely permissible and impermissible tax avoidance. Permissible tax avoidance is recognised throughout the world and more so it is recognised as a right. That is, a taxpayer has the right to choose to pay the least tax where the Income Tax Act permits. There other type of tax avoidance impermissible tax avoidance is completely prohibited. In fact, the South African General Anti-Avoidance (GAAR) primarily aims to combat impermissible tax avoidance although it has not been judicially considered. The application of the GAAR face a clash of interests of two parties namely the taxpayer s right to legally pay the least amount of tax and the government s need to protect the revenue base from impermissible tax avoidance. The question thereof is does the GAAR strike a balance between these two competing interests by drawing a line between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance. The GAAR attempts to limit the right of taxpayers to avoid tax but the complexity of the tainted elements hinders it to effectively inform taxpayers on what is permissible and what is not permissible. Mercantile Law LLM Unrestricted 2016-06-14T09:45:20Z 2016-06-14T09:45:20Z 2016-04-14 2015 Mini Dissertation Bodlo, P 2016, The South African GAAR : striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53184> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53184 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
Tax avoidance
Income tax act
Law theses SDG-10
Law theses SDG-16
SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
The South African GAAR : striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance
title The South African GAAR : striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance
title_full The South African GAAR : striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance
title_fullStr The South African GAAR : striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance
title_full_unstemmed The South African GAAR : striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance
title_short The South African GAAR : striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance
title_sort south african gaar striking a balance between permissible and impermissible tax avoidance
topic UCTD
Tax avoidance
Income tax act
Law theses SDG-10
Law theses SDG-16
SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53184