Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)

Customs and Excise Rules

Chapter VA : Environmental Levy Goods

Application of provisions

Environmental levy in respect of carbon tax imposed in terms of Carbon Tax Act, 2019

Calculation of amount of environmental levy payable

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54FD.03 Every licensee must calculate the amount of environmental levy payable for each tax period in respect of its licensed customs and excise manufacturing warehouse in the following manner—
(a) The greenhouse gas emissions liable to environmental levy consists of the carbon dioxide equivalent of fuel combustion, industrial process and fugitive emissions that must be determined in accordance with—
(i) an emissions determination methodology approved by the Department of Environmental Affairs as contemplated in section 4(1) of the Carbon Tax Act; or
(ii) an emissions determination methodology contemplated in section 4(2) of the Carbon Tax Act that employs—
(aa) readily available statistical data on the intensity of processes (activity data) and emission factors as specified in the ‘IPCC Guidelines For National Greenhouse Gas Inventories’ (2006); or
(bb) the statistical data and emission factors as specified in item (aa) including country-specific emission factors.
(b) The allowances that reduce the emissions contemplated in paragraph (a) must be determined where relevant in accordance with Part 6 of Schedule No. 6 and Part II and Part III of the Carbon Tax Act.
(c) The rate of environmental levy must be determined in accordance with Section F of Part 3 of Schedule No. 1 and section 5 of the Carbon Tax Act.
(d) The amount of environmental levy payable must be determined in accordance with Section F of Part 3 of Schedule No. 1 and section 6 of the Carbon Tax Act.

 

[Rule 54FD.03 inserted by section 1 of Notice No. R.1700, GG42926, dated 23 December 2019]