Class example – Suggested solution
Gross income
s1 gross income definition
Salary university - special inclusion - services rendered 480,000
par (c)
s1 gross income definition
Dividends – special inclusion 24,000
par(k)
Interest – Local - complies with gross income definition s1 gross income definition 36,000
– Foreign - SA residents taxed on world wide income s1 gross income definition 12,000
Taxable income from letting of moveable property s1 gross income definition 8,000
Fringe benefit medical / special inclusion (R700 x 12) s1par (i)/7th schedule 8,400
568,400
Less: Exempt income
Foreign interest -
Local interest (younger than 65) - R23 800 limited to actual R36 000 s10(1)(i) (23,800)
Local dividends - fully exempt s10(1)(k) (24,000)
520,600
Less: Deductions
Less: assessed loss on letting of fixed property - see note 1 s20 (4,000)
516,600
Less: Contribution to pension fund and RAF s11(F)
Actual (R3 000 x 12 = R36 000) 36,000 (36,000)
Limited to the lesser of:
(i) R350 000; or 350,000
(ii) 27,5% of the higher of: 142,065
remuneration 488,400
taxable income before s11F and s18A 516,600
(iii) Taxable income before capital gains (s 26A), s11F and s18A. 516,600
Therefore, deduction limited to actual
480,600
Less: Donation s18A
Actual: R15 000 15,000
Limited to 10% x R480600 48,060 (15,000)
Taxable income 465,600
Tax 77,362
Taxable income 465,600
Threshold 370,501
Tax rate 0.31
Tax per table 77362 + (465600 - 370501) x 0.31 s5 106,843
Less primary rebate s6 (17,235)
Less s6A rebate (728 x 12) s6A (8,736)
Less s6B rebate (16 800 - (8736 x 4)) = Limited to R0 s6B
R10 000 Less 7.5% of taxable income (36045) x 25% 36,045 -
Tax payable 80,872
Note 1
Taxable income from letting of fixed property
Rental income
– House in London - SA residents taxed on WWI s1 gross income definition 26,000
Repairs and maintenance s11(d) (30,000)
Loss from letting of fixed property (4,000)
Lisa will only include 50% of the dividends, interest and rental
Dividends 12,000
Interest local 18,000
foreign 6,000
Assessed loss from letting of fixed property
(2,000)
34,000
Note – exemptions change as follows:
Dividends 24 000/2 (12,000)
Interest local 36 000/2 (23 800 ltd to) (18,000)
(30,000)
Her daughter received
Dividends 24,000
Interest – foreign 12,000
local 36 000
72 000
But because it is donation,
settlement or other disposition to
a minor child, Lisa will be taxable
thereon according to sec 7(3)
She (Lisa) will get the relevant
exemption