Debt capitalisation : an analysis of the application of section 24BA of the Income Tax Act

JurisdictionSouth Africa
AuthorPieter Janse van Rensburg,Rudie Nel
DOI10.10520/EJC-10709ce683
Published date01 July 2018
Date01 July 2018
Record Numberdejure_v51_n1_a4
Pages35-49
Published ByUniversity of Pretoria
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Debt capitalisation: An analysis of the
application of section 24BA of the Income
Tax Act
Pieter Janse van Rensburg
BAcc, LLB, HonsBCompt, MAcc Taxation, Chartered Accountant (SA)
Financial Manager, Campari South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Rudie Nel
BCom Accounting (Hons), MCom Taxation, Chartered Accountant (SA)
Senior lecturer, School of Accountancy, Stellenbosch University
OPSOMMING
Skuldkapitalisering: ’n Analise van die toepassing van artikel 24BA van die
Inkomstebelastingwet
Die kapitalisering van skuld in ruil vir die uitreiking van aandele is ’n
algemene verskynsel en kan op drie wyses geskied, naamlik deur die
direkte uitreik van aandele (met of sonder kontantvloei), deur skuld-
vergelyking en deur die omskepping van skuldinstrumente in aandele.
Alhoewel bestaande literatuur aandag aan die toepassing van skuld-
verminderingsbepalings in die Inkomstebelastingwet skenk, is daar egter
’n gebrek aan voldoende inligting oor die mate waartoe artikel 24BA van
die Inkomstebelastingwet op die verskillende metodes van skuld-
kapitalisering van toepassing kan wees. Die artikel ondersoek die
moontlike toepassing van artikel 24BA op skuldkapitalisering. Elk van die
metodes van kapitalisering word individueel ontleed aan die hand van die
vereistes van artikel 24BA. Die artikel bevind dat met skuldvergelyking as
metode van skuldkapitalisering, verskille tussen die waardes van
inskrywingslening (wat voortspruit uit die inskryf op aandele) en die
markwaarde van aandele wat uitgereik word tot toepassing van artikel
24BA aanleiding kan gee. Op grond van die bevinding word daar aan die
hand gedoen dat indien die omstandighede nie voorsiening maak vir
verligting van die toepassing van artikel 24BA nie, kan skuldvergelyking as
’n minder gunstige metode van skuldkapitalisering beskou word.
1Introduction
The combination in which respectively debt and equity are used to
finance assets and operations of a company (the so-called capital
structure or debt-equity ratio) depends on various of factors, of which,
the incidence of tax is one of the main influencing factors.1 This is
substantiated by the fact that the Income Tax Act2 also acknowledges
1 Van der Linde Legal responses to corporate undercapitalisation: towards a
proactive approach? (2011) 8.
2 58 of 1962, hereinafter the Act (any reference to a section in this article
refers to a section in the Act unless specifically indicated otherwise).
How to cite: Janse van Rensburg & Nel ‘Debt capitalisation: An analysis of the application of section 24BA of
the Income Tax Act’ 2018 De Jure 35-49
http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2225-7160/2018/v51n1a3

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