S Company v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (IT0122/2017) [2017] ZATC 2; 80 SATC 159 (17 October 2017)
Court
Tax Court
Case number
IT0122/2017
Judge
J I Cloete
The Tax Court dismissed SARS’ condonation application for late filing, rejected its jurisdictional objection, and granted the taxpayer final relief altering the assessments.
Chipkin (Natal) (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (190/2004) [2005] ZASCA 45; [2005] 3 All SA 26 (SCA); 2005 (5) SA 566 (SCA); 67 SATC 243 (20 May 2005)
Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
190/2004
Judges
T D Cloete, Howie, Cameron, Nugent, Ponnan
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the Income Tax Act does not recognize a partnership as a taxpayer, but attributes income, deductions, and allowances to individual partners in proportion to their interests. When the appellant disposed of its partnership interest, it simultaneously disposed of its undivided share in the aircraft, which was the subject of the section 14 bis allowance. The recoupment provisions of section 8(4)(a) were triggered because the appellant recovered the cost of its share in the aircraft through the release of its loan obligation. The court rejected the appellant's…