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A proposed group tax system for South Africa

Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018.

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Other Authors: Stiglingh, M. (Madeleine)
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/71705 A proposed group tax system for South Africa Stiglingh, M. (Madeleine) u21264432@tuks.co.za Stack, E.M. Koekemoer, Alta Dorothea UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018. This study is concerned with the taxation of corporate entities in South Africa. More particularly, it explores and evaluates the manner in which groups of companies are presently dealt with for tax purposes, considers international best practice and makes recommendations for reform of the South African corporate group tax regime. The law in South Africa currently treats each company in the corporate group as a separate taxable unit, ignoring the fact that the companies in the corporate group, under the common control of the parent company, act as one economic unit and should accordingly be regarded as a single enterprise for tax purposes. Internationally, the tendency to tax the corporate group as a single enterprise is becoming increasingly common and most countries have introduced formal group tax systems in recent years. The aim of this study, therefore, is to propose an appropriate group tax system for South Africa. The study adopts a legal doctrinal research approach. It finds that the recognition of the single enterprise principle under the current corporate tax restructuring regime is complex and fragmented and fails to adequately recognise economic unity in corporate groups. It recommends the introduction of a formal group tax system. The study makes a contribution by developing a method or framework to be used to design a suitable group tax system for the South African context, by determining the optimal design options in respect of each of the seven identified structural elements, based on current tax policy objectives, taking account of the limitations of the two main design options, as well as the relief provisions and the restrictions that exist in the South African tax system. The method is then applied in order to recommend a formal group tax system for South Africa. The need is identified for future studies that will focus on the detailed implementation of these design parameters, particularly the rules to be used to calculate the tax base. TM2019 Taxation PhD Unrestricted 2019-10-09T14:23:00Z 2019-10-09T14:23:00Z 19/09/03 2018 Thesis Koekemoer, AD 2018, A proposed group tax system for South Africa, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71705> S2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71705 en © 2019 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
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A proposed group tax system for South Africa
title A proposed group tax system for South Africa
title_full A proposed group tax system for South Africa
title_fullStr A proposed group tax system for South Africa
title_full_unstemmed A proposed group tax system for South Africa
title_short A proposed group tax system for South Africa
title_sort proposed group tax system for south africa
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url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71705