Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962)

Chapter II : The Taxes

Part I : Normal Tax

13bis. Deductions in respect of buildings used by hotelkeepers
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(1)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in paragraph (ii) of the proviso to paragraph (e) of section 11, there shall be allowed to be deducted from the income of any taxpayer for any year of assessment ending on or after the first day of January, 1964, an allowance equal to two per cent of the cost (after the set-off of any amount as provided in subsection (6)) to the taxpayer—
(a)[Section 13bis(1)(a) deleted by section 46(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 31 of 2013) GG 37158, dated 12 December 2013 - effective 1 January 2014)]
(b)[Section 13bis(1)(b) deleted by section 46(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 31 of 2013), GG 37158, dated 12 December 2013 - effective 1 January 2014]
(c)of any building the erection of which was commenced by the taxpayer on or after the first day of January, 1964, and of any improvements (other than repairs) thereto commenced not later than the thirtieth day of June, 1965, if such building—
(i)was brought into use not later than the thirtieth day of June, 1965; and
(ii)was during the year of assessment wholly or mainly used by the taxpayer for the purpose of carrying on therein his trade of hotel keeper or was during such year let by the taxpayer and wholly or mainly used by the lessee for the purpose of carrying on therein the lessee's trade of hotel keeper;

[Section 13bis(1)(c) substituted by section 46(1)(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 31 of 2013), GG 37158, dated 12 December 2013 - effective 1 January 2014]

(d)of such portion—
(i)of any building (other than a building in respect of the cost of which an allowance under the preceding provisions of this subsection is or was deductible from the income of the taxpayer for the current or any previous year of assessment) the erection of which was commenced by the taxpayer on or after the first day of January, 1964; or
(ii)of any improvements (other than repairs) to any building referred to in this paragraph, if such improvements were commenced on or after the first day of January, 1964; or

[Section 13bis(1)(d)(ii) substituted by section 31(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No. 25 of 2015) - effective 1 January 2016]

(iii)of any improvements (other than repairs) to any building referred to in paragraph (c), if such improvements were commenced on or after the first day of July, 1965,

as—

(aa)was during the year of assessment used by the taxpayer for the purpose of carrying on therein his trade of hotel keeper; or
(bb)was during such year let by the taxpayer and used by the lessee for the purpose of carrying on therein the lessee's trade of hotel keeper; or

[Section 13bis(1)(d) substituted by section 13(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act, 1993 (Act No. 113 of 1993)]

(e)of such portion of any building improvements (other than repairs and other than improvements in respect of the cost of which, or of any portion thereof, an allowance under the preceding provisions of this subsection is or was deductible from the income of the taxpayer for the current or any previous year of assessment) commenced on or after 1 January 1964, as was during the year of assessment in question used by the taxpayer for the purposes of the taxpayer’s trade of hotel keeper or was during the year of assessment in question let by the taxpayer and used by the lessee for the purposes of the lessee’s trade of hotel keeper:

[Section 13bis(1)(e) substituted by section 33(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2018 (Act No. 23 of 2018), GG 42172, dated 17 January 2019]

Provided that no allowance shall be made under this subsection in respect of such portion of the cost of any building the erection of which was commenced on or after the first day of July, 1961, or any improvements effected thereto, as has been taken into account in the calculation of any allowance to the taxpayer under paragraph (g) of section eleven, whether in the current or any previous year of assessment:

Provided further that in the case of any such building the erection of which has or is commenced on or after 4 June 1988 and any such improvements which have or are commenced on or after that date the allowance under this subsection shall be increased to 5 per cent of the cost (after the set-off of any amount as provided in subsection (6)) to the taxpayer of such building or improvements:

[Second proviso to section 13bis(1) substituted by section 21 of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 34 of 2019), GG 42951, dated 15 January 2020]

Provided further that to the extent to which any portion of any such improvements which have or are commenced on or after 17 March 1993 does not extend the existing exterior framework of the building, the allowance under this subsection shall be increased to 20 percent of the cost of such portion.

[Third proviso to section 13bis(1) inserted by section 13(1)(c)  of the Income Tax Act, 1993 (Act No. 113 of 1993)]

 

(1A)[Section 13bis(1A) deleted by section 33(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2018 (Act No. 23 of 2018), GG 42172, dated 17 January 2019]

 

(2)In addition to any allowance under subsection (1), there shall be allowed to be deducted from the income of the taxpayer an allowance in respect of the cost (after the set-off of any amount as provided in subsection (6)) of any building or improvements referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) or of any portion of any building or improvements referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection (1), provided such building (or a portion thereof), or the building (or a portion thereof) to which such improvements were effected, as the case may be, was during the year of assessment in question registered as an hotel under the Hotels Act, 1965, and such hotel was on the last day of such year graded by the board established under that Act: Provided that no allowance shall be made under this subsection in respect of such portion of the cost of any building or any improvements as has been taken into account in the calculation of any allowance to the taxpayer under paragraph (g) of section eleven, whether in the current or any previous year of assessment.

 

(3)The allowance under subsection (2) in respect of the cost (as reduced in terms of that subsection) of any building (or portion thereof) or of any improvements (or a portion thereof) shall be such percentage of such cost as may be fixed by the Minister of Finance by regulation under subsection (4) for the grade of hotel which is, in terms of a determination of the board referred to in subsection (2), applicable in respect of the hotel in question on the last day of the year of assessment: Provided that where such hotel is graded by the said board for the first time during any year of assessment (hereinafter referred to as the subsequent year) subsequent to any year of assessment (hereinafter referred to as the earlier year) during which such building (or the relevant portion thereof) or such improvements (or the relevant portion thereof) was or were used in carrying on the trade of hotel keeper, and the taxpayer is entitled to the said allowance in respect of the subsequent year, the allowance for the subsequent year (as determined in accordance with the said regulation) shall, if—

[Words preceding section 13bis(3)(a) substituted by section 33(c) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2018 (Act No. 23 of 2018), GG 42172, dated 17 January 2019]

(a)such building (or the relevant portion thereof) or such improvements (or the relevant portion thereof), as the case may be, is or are completed not later than the thirty-first day of December, 1969; and
(b)where such hotel was not during the earlier year registered under the Hotels Act, 1965, it became so registered during the period ending on the thirty-first day of December, 1969, or the period of twelve months reckoned from the date of completion of such building (or the relevant portion thereof) or of such improvements (or the relevant portion thereof), as the case may be, whatever period ends later,

be increased by an amount equal to the allowance to which the taxpayer would have been entitled under the said regulation in respect of the said cost if such regulation had at all relevant times been in force and the grading of such hotel by the said board which was applicable on the last day of the subsequent year had also applied on the last day of the earlier year.

[Section 13bis(3) substituted by section 46 of the Transfer of Powers and Duties of the State President Act, 1986 (Act No. 97 of 1986)]

 

(3A)Where any building in respect of which any deduction of an allowance is claimed in terms of this section was during any previous financial year or years used by the taxpayer for the purposes of any trade carried on by such taxpayer, the receipts and accruals of which were not included in the income of such taxpayer during such year or years, any deduction which could have been allowed during such previous year or years in terms of this section shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to have been allowed during such previous year or years as if the receipts and accruals of such trade had been included in the income of such taxpayer.

[Section 13bis(3A) inserted by section 21(a) of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2000 (Act No. 59 of 2000)]

 

(4)The Minister of Finance may make regulations prescribing the rates of the allowances under subsection (2) in respect of the various grades of hotels determined under the provisions of subsection (1) of section fifteen of the Hotels Act, 1965, and may in such regulations prescribe rates which vary according to the grade of hotel or the year of assessment for which any such allowance may be made: Provided that any rate so prescribed in respect of any year of assessment in respect of any grade of hotel shall not exceed eight per cent. of the cost or portion thereof on which the relevant allowance is to be calculated.

[Section 13bis(4) substituted by section 46 of the Transfer of Powers and Duties of the State President Act, 1986 (Act No. 97 of 1986)]

 

(5)The deductions which may be allowed or deemed to have been allowed in terms of this section and any other provision of this Act in respect of the cost of any building or improvement shall not in the aggregate exceed the amount of such cost.

[Section 13bis(5) substituted by section 31(1)(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No. 25 of 2015) - effective 1 January 2016]

 

(6)        

(a)If in any year of assessment there falls to be included in a taxpayer's income in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 8 an amount which has been recovered or recouped in respect of any allowance made under the preceding provisions of this section or the provisions of subsection (1) of section 13, as applied by subsection (4) of that section, or the corresponding provisions of any previous Income Tax Act, in respect of any building or portion thereof or any improvements or portion thereof, so much of the amount so recovered or recouped as is set off against the cost of a further building as hereinafter provided shall, notwithstanding the provisions of the said paragraph, at the option of the taxpayer, and provided the taxpayer erects within twelve months or such further period as the Commissioner may allow from the date on which the event giving rise to the recovery or recoupment occurred, any other building in respect of the cost of which an allowance is made under the preceding provisions of this section, not be included in the taxpayer’s income for that year of assessment, but shall be set off against so much of the cost to the taxpayer of such further building erected by the taxpayer as remains after the deduction of any portion of that cost in respect of which an allowance has been granted to the taxpayer under paragraph (g) of section 11, whether in the current or any previous year of assessment.

[Section 13bis(6)(a) substituted by the Taxation Laws Second Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 4 of 2008)]

(b)Where any allowance has been made under the provisions of subsection (1) of section thirteen, as applied by subsection (4) of that section, in respect of the cost of any building, any amount which has in terms of subsection (3) of that section been set off against such cost, shall be set off against such cost in the calculation of any allowance made in respect thereof under the preceding provisions of this section.

 

(7)[Section 13bis(7) deleted by section 12 of the Income Tax Act, 1994 (Act No. 21 of 1994)]

 

(7A)[Section 13bis(7A) deleted by section 12(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1994 (Act No. 21 of 1994)]

 

(7B)[Section 13bis(7B) deleted by section 12(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1994 (Act No. 21 of 1994)]

 

(8)[Section 13bis(8) deleted by section 12(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1994 (Act No. 21 of 1994)]

 

(9)The allowance under subsection (2) shall not be granted in respect of—

[Words preceding section 13bis(9)(a) substituted by section 12(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1994 (Act No. 21 of 1994)]

(a)any building the erection of which has or is commenced on or after 4 June 1988; and
(b)any improvements which have or are commenced on or after that date.

 

(11)        [Section 13bis(11) deleted by section 13 of the Income Tax Act, 1983 (Act No. 94 of 1983)]

 

(12)        [Section 13bis(12) deleted by section 13 of the Income Tax Act, 1983 (Act No. 94 of 1983)]