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Interest-free loans to trusts: Proposed amendments, public comments & National Treasury’s response
- 08 October 2018
- Tax Administration
- Louis Botha
Important:
This article is based on tax law for the tax year ending 28 February 2019.
Author: Louis Botha (Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr)
In the 2018 draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2018 (Draft TLAB), published on 16 July 2018, it was proposed that s7C of the Income Tax Act, No 58 of 1962 (Act) should be further amended, to broaden the scope of the provision. The proposed amendment relates specifically to s7C(1)(ii)(bb).
Section 7C
Currently, the provision in question states that s7C applies in respect of any loan, advance or credit made by a natural person, or a company in relation to which that natural person is a connected person, as defined in paragraph (d)(iv) of the definition of “connected person” in s1 of the Act, to:
- company, if at least 20% of the equity shares in that company are held, directly or indirectly, by the trust referred to in s7C(1)(i) of the Act, or by a beneficiary of that trust; or
- a company, if at least 20% of the voting rights in that company can be exercised, by the trust referred to in s7C(1)(i) of the Act, or by a beneficiary of that trust.
The proposed amendment will change the above italicised words so that the provision will apply where 20% of the equity shares are held by a trust alone or jointly with any person that is a connected person in relation to that trust, or where 20% of the voting rights in that company can be exercised alone or jointly with any person that is a connected person in relation to that trust.
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This article first appeared on cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com