Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962) > Chapter II : The Taxes > Part I : Normal Tax > 23A. Limitation of allowances granted to lessors of certain assets

(1) For the purposes of this section—

"affected asset"

means any machinery, plant, implement, utensil, article, aircraft or ship which has been let and in respect of which the lessor is or was entitled to an allowance under section 11(e), 12B, 12BA, 12C, 12DA or 37B(2)(a), whether in the current or a previous year of assessment, but excluding any such asset let by the lessor under an operating lease or any such asset which was during the year of assessment mainly used by the taxpayer in the course of any trade carried on by the taxpayer, other than the letting of any such asset;

[Definition substituted by section 24(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2023 (Act No. 17 of 2023), Notice No. 4226, GG49894, dated 22 December 2023 - deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 2023 and applies in respect of assets brought into use on or after that date (section 24(2))]

"operating lease"

means a lease of movable property concluded by a lessor in the ordinary course of a business (not being the business of a banker or financier) a banking, financial services or insurance business) of letting such property, if—

(a)	such property may be hired by members of the general public directly from the lessor in terms of such a lease, for a period of less than one month;

(b)	the cost of maintaining such property and of carrying out repairs thereto required in consequence of normal wear and tear, is borne by the lessor; and

(c)	subject to any claim that the lessor may have against the lessee by reason of the lessee's failure to take proper care of the property, the risk of destruction or loss of or other disadvantage to such property is not assumed by the lessee;

[Definition substituted by section 35(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2009 (Act No. 17 of 2009)]

"rental income"

means income derived by way of rent from the letting of any affected asset in respect of which an allowance has been granted to the lessor under section 11(e), 12B, 12BA, 12C, 12DA or 37B(2)(a), whether in the current or any previous year of assessment, and includes any amount, and includes any amount—

(a)	which is included in the income of that person in terms of section 8(4) in respect of an amount deducted in any year of assessment in respect of any affected asset; and

(b)	derived from the disposal of any affected asset.

[Definition substituted by section 24(1)(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2023 (Act No. 17 of 2023), Notice No. 4226, GG49894, dated 22 December 2023 - deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 2023 and applies in respect of assets brought into use on or after that date (section 24(2))]

(2)

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 11(e) and (o), 12B, 12BA, 12C, 12DA, and 37B(2)(a), the sum of the deductions which may be allowed to any taxpayer in any year of assessment under those provisions in respect of any affected assets let by the taxpayer shall not exceed the taxable income (as determined before making the said deductions) derived by the taxpayer during such year from rental income.

[Section 23A(2) substituted by section 24(1)(c) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2023 (Act No. 17 of 2023), Notice No. 4226, GG49894, dated 22 December 2023 - deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 2023 and applies in respect of assets brought into use on or after that date (section 24(2))]

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (2), where the taxpayer is entitled to any deduction which relates to rental income and other income derived by the taxpayer, an appropriate portion of such deduction shall be taken into account in the determination of the taxable income derived by the taxpayer from rental income.

[Section 23A(3) substituted by section 24(1)(d) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2023 (Act No. 17 of 2023), Notice No. 4226, GG49894, dated 22 December 2023 - deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 2023 and applies in respect of assets brought into use on or after that date (section 24(2))]

(4)

Any deduction which is disallowed under the provisions of subsection (2) shall be carried forward to the succeeding year of assessment and shall, subject to the provisions of this section as applicable in relation to that year, be deemed to be a deduction to which the taxpayer is entitled in that year.