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Tax relief measures for micro businesses (turnover tax) (sections 48 to 48C
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3.2.18 Tax relief measures for micro businesses (turnover tax) (sections 48 to 48C
and the Sixth Schedule) A person will qualify as a micro business if that person is a – • natural person (or the deceased or insolvent estate of a natural person which was a registered micro business at the time of death or insolvency); or • company, and the “qualifying turnover”, as defined in paragraph 1 of the Sixth Schedule, of that person for the year of assessment does not exceed R1 million. If that person carries on a business during a year of assessment for a period of less than 12 months, the qualifying turnover of R1 million is reduced proportionally by taking into account the number of full months that the person carried on business during that year. Micro businesses have a simplified tax system (turnover tax) and serves as an alternative to income tax, provisional tax and CGT. A micro business may, however, be registered for VAT whilst registered under the tax regime for micro businesses. See 3.2.15(c)(iii) for the progressive tax rate applicable to micro businesses. 44 3.2.19 Tax relief measures for qualifying companies within a special economic zone (sections 12R and 12S) Various incentives applicable to SEZs were developed to attract investors to the SEZs. The tax incentives are provided by Government to ensure SEZs’ growth, revenue generation, creation of jobs, attraction of foreign direct investment and international competitiveness, which include income tax, VAT and customs related incentives. Section 12S provides that a qualifying company 45 may claim an accelerated allowance equal to 10% of the cost to the qualifying company of – • any new and unused building owned by the qualifying company, or • any new and unused improvement to any building owned by the qualifying company, if that building or improvement is wholly or mainly used by the qualifying company during the year of assessment for purposes of producing income within an SEZ, in the course of the taxpayer’s trade, other than the provision of residential accommodation. If a qualifying company completes an improvement as contemplated in section 12N [see 3.2.16(r)], the expenditure incurred by the qualifying company to complete the improvement must be deemed to be the cost to the qualifying company of any new and unused building or of any new and unused improvement to a building. The depreciable cost of the asset is the lesser of – • the actual cost to the taxpayer; or • the arm’s length cash price at the time of acquisition, erection or improvement. No deduction under section 12S will be allowed, if the building has been disposed of by the qualifying company during any previous year of assessment. 44 For more information see the Tax Guide for Microbusinesses 2016/17. 45 Defined under section 12R(1). Tax Guide for Small Businesses (2020/2021) 42 No deduction will be allowed under another section in respect of the cost of a building or improvement if any of that cost has qualified or will qualify for a deduction under section 12S. If a company falls within the definition of “qualifying company” in section 12R(1), such a company, will be able to apply the reduced corporate tax rate of 15%, 46 provided all the requirements under the Act are met. A company operating through a fixed place of business within a designated SEZ will also be entitled to claim ETI for qualifying employees (irrespective of their age) rendering services to that company mainly within that SEZ provided that all of the requirements under the ETI Act are met (see 3.21). 47 For more information on the tax incentives available to companies carrying on business within an SEZ see the Brochure on the Simplified Overview of Special Economic Zones Tax and Customs Incentives available on the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s website Download 0.78 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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