Exchange Control Amnesty and Amendment of Taxation Laws Act, 2003 (Act No. 12 of 2003) > Schedules > Rates of normal tax payable by persons in respect of the years of assessment > Schedule 1 : Rates of normal tax payable by persons (other than companies) in respect of the years of assessment ending 29 February 2003 and by companies in respect of years of assessment ending during the period 12 Months ending 31 March 2004

(Section 32)

1)	The rates of normal tax referred to in section 32 of this Act in respect of persons (other than companies) are as follows -

a)	in respect of the taxable income of any person (other than a person in respect of which paragraph (17) applies), an amount of tax calculated in accordance with the table below :

Taxable Income	Rate of Tax
Where the taxable income does not exceed R70 000	18 per cent of each R1 of the taxable income:
exceeds R70 000 hut does not exceed R110 000	R12 600 plus 25 per cent of the amount by which the taxable income exceeds R70 000
R110 000 R140 000	R22 600 plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the taxable income exceeds R70 000
R140 000 R180 000	R31 600 plus 35 per cent of the amount by which the taxable income exceeds R140 000
R180 000 R255 000	R45 600 plus 35 per cent of the amount by which the taxable income exceeds R180 000
R255 000	R74 100 plus 10 per cent of the amount by which the taxable income exceeds R255 000

b)	in respect of the taxable income of any trust (other than a special trust), an amount of 40 cents on each rand of taxable income.

2)	The rates of normal tax referred to in section 31 of this .Act in respect of companies are subject to the provisions of paragraph 4, as follows:

On each rand of the taxable income of any company (excluding taxable income referred to in subparagraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h)), 30 cents, or in the case of a company, which mines for gold on any gold mine and which in terns of an option exercised by it exempt from the payment of secondary tax on companies, 38 cents:

in respect of the taxable income of any company, which qualifies as a small business corporation as defined in section 12E of the income Tax Act, 1962, on each rand of the taxable income as does not exceed R150 000, 15 cents and on each rand of the taxable income of such company as exceeds R150 000, 30 cents.

c)	on each rand of the taxable income of any employment company as defined in section 12E of the Income Tax Act, 1961, 35 cents.

on each rand of the taxable income derived by any company from mining for gold on any old mine, with the exclusion of so much of the taxable income as the Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service determines to be attributable to the inclusion in the gross income of any amount referred to in paragraph (j) of the definition of ''gross income" in section 1 of the Income Tax Act, 1962, but after the set-off of any assessed loss in terms of section 20(1) of that Act, a percentage determined in accordance with the formula,

y = 37- 185

or, in the case of a company which is in terms of an option exercised by it exempt from the payment of secondary tax on companies, in accordance with the formula:

y = 46 - 230

in which formulae y represents such percentage and x the ratio expressed as a percentage which the taxable income so derived (with the said exclusion, but before the set-off of any assessed loss or deduction which is not attributable to the mining for gold from the said mine) bears to the income so derived (with the said exclusion):

on each rand of the taxable income of any company, the sole or principal business of which in the Republic is, or has been, mining for gold and the determination of the taxable income of which for the period assessed does not result in an assessed loss, which the Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service determines to be attributable to the inclusion in its gross income of any amount referred to in paragraph (j) of the definition of "gross income" in section 1 of the Income Tax Act. 1962. a rate equal to the average rate of normal tax or 30 cents, whichever is higher: Provided that for the purposes of this subparagraph, the average rate of normal tax shall be determined by dividing the total normal tax (excluding the tax determined in accordance with this subparagraph for the period assessed) paid by the company in respect of its aggregate taxable income from mining for gold on any gold mine for the period from which that company commenced its gold mining operations on that gold mine to the end of the period assessed, by the number of rands contained in the said aggregate taxable income;

f)	on each rand of the taxable income derived by any company from carrying on long-term insurance business in respect of its individual policyholder fund company policyholder fund and corporate fund, 30 cents;

g)	on each rand of the taxable income (excluding taxable income referred to in subparagraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (h)) derived by a company which has its place of effective management outside the Republic and which comes on a trade through a branch or agency within the Republic, 35 cents;

h)	on each rand of the taxable income derived by a qualifying company as contemplated in section 37H of the Income Tax Act, 1962, subject to the provisions of the said section, zero cents:

Provided that the tax determined in accordance with any of subparagraphs (a) to (h), inclusive, shall be payable in addition to the tax determined in accordance with any other of the said subparagraphs.

3)	The rates set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be the rates required to be fixed by Parliament in accordance with the provisions of section 5(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1967.

4)	For the purposes of paragraph 2, income derived from mining for gold shall include any income derived from silver, osmiridium, uranium, pyrites or other minerals which may be won in the course of mining for sold, and any other income which results directly from mining for gold.

5)	In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise indicates, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Income Tax Act, 1962, bears the meaning so assigned.

Exchange Control Amnesty and Amendment of Taxation Laws Act, 2003 (Act No. 12 of 2003)

Schedule 1 : Rates of normal tax payable by persons (other than companies) in respect of the years of assessment ending 29 February 2003, and by companies in respect of years of assessment ending during the period of 12 Months ending 31 March 2004