Judicature: The trade and production of income requirements for the deductibility of interest
| Citation | 2024 TSAR 374 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.47348/TSAR/2024/i2a12 |
| Published date | 03 April 2024 |
| Pages | 374-386 |
| Author | Legwaila, T. |
| Date | 03 April 2024 |
TSAR 2024 . 2 [ISSN 0257 – 7747]
374 LEGWAILA
https://doi.org/10.47348/TSAR/2024/i2a12
THE TRADE AND PRODUCTION OF INCOME REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEDUCTIBILITY OF INTEREST
Unitrans Holdings Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services
(A3094/2022) 2024 ZAGPJHC 3 (9 January 2024)
SAMEVATTING
DIE BEOEFENING VAN ’N BEDRYF EN IN DIE VOORTBRENGING VAN INKOMSTE-
VEREISTES VIR DIE AFTREKKING VAN RENTE
Ten einde ’n rente uitgawe wat voort spruit uit ’n skuldin strument te k an aftrek, moet ’n bela stingbetaler
aan beide die vereistes van “in beoefening van ’n bedryf” en “die voortbrenging van inkomste”
voldoen. Die beoefeni ng van ’n bedryf-vereiste behels d at die belastingbetaler moe t aantoon dat hulle
’n positiewe stap geneem het, nie bloot ’n passiewe rol vertolk n ie. Ten einde aan die voortbrenging
van inkomste-vereiste te voldoen, moet die belastingbetaler aantoon dat die uitgawe nou verwant is
aan die voortbrenging van inkomste soveel so dat dit as deel daarvan geag kan word. Alhoewel die
algemene aftrekkingsformule vereis dat die belastingbetaler ’n bedryf moet uitoefen en die uitgawe
vir doeleindes daarvan aangegaan moes wees, vereis die spesiale reëls betreffende die aangaan en
toevalling va n rente, sowel as die insluiting e n aftrekbaarheid van r ente, soos vervat in ar tikel 24J van
die Inkomste belastingwet 58 van 1962, nie so ’n skakel n ie.
Die belastingbetaler in Unitrans Holdings Ltd v CSARS ((A3094/2022) 2024 ZAGPJHC 3 (9 Jan
2024)) het probeer om meer as wat nodig was aan te toon om ’n aftrekki ng te eis, naamlik dat dit ’n
bedryf as ’n geldskieter beoefen het, terwyl dit voldoende sou wees om aan te dui dat dit ’n bedryf,
enige bedr yf, beoefen het. Hierdeu r het die belastingbeta ler ’n risiko geloop om die geskil op d ie vraag
van die beoefeni ng van ’n bedryf te verloor, maa r het eintlik die saak verloo r omdat daar nie bewys is
dat die rente- uitgawes aangegaan was in d ie voortbrenging van in komste nie. Alhoewel die bedoel ing
om ’n wins te maak n ie ’n vereiste vir d ie beoefening van ’n bedryf is n ie, ontken die gebrek daara an
die doel van die voor tbrenging van in komste. ’n Direkte ska kel tussen die uitgawe en d ie voortbrenging
van inkomst e word steeds vereis. Indie n daardie skakel nie b estaan nie, of gebreek is , is die uitgawe nie
aftrekba ar nie. Dit is ook die geval waa r die uitgawe, soos in casu, be doel is om belastingv rye inkomste
voort te bri ng.
Die Suid Afri kaanse Inkomst e Diens se voorneme om die pra ktyk te staak om re nte-aftrekk ings toe
te laat op geleende geld wat t een ’n hoër of laer rentekoers herleen word, b eklemtoon die belang van
artikel 24J va n die wet en die nakoming van die r eëls daarvan.
1 Introduction
The deductibility of inte rest for tax purposes continues to be one of the moot issue s
in the South African courts. This is partly due to the complexity of the provisions
2024 TSAR 374
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