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

Chapter II : The Taxes

Part I : Normal Tax

24H. Persons carrying on trade or business in partnership
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(1)For the purposes of this section,

 

"limited partner"

means any member of a partnership en commandite, an anonymous partnership, any similar partnership or a foreign partnership, if such member's liability towards a creditor of the partnership is limited to the amount which the member has contributed or undertaken to contribute to the partnership or is in any other way limited.

[Section 24H(1) substituted by section 46(1)(a) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2010 (Act No. 7 of 2010)]

 

(2)Where any trade or business is carried on in partnership, each member of such partnership shall, notwithstanding the fact that he may be a limited partner, be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be carrying on such trade or business.

 

(3)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act contained, the amount of any allowance or deduction which may be granted to any taxpayer under any provision of this Act in respect of or in connection with any trade or business carried on by him in a partnership in relation to which he is a limited partner shall not in the aggregate exceed the sum of —
(a)the amount, whether it consists of the taxpayer's contribution to the partnership or of any other amount, for which the taxpayer is or may be held liable to any creditor of the partnership; and
(b)any income received by or accrued to the taxpayer from such trade or business.

[Section 24H(3) substituted by section 26 of the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2002 (Act No. 74 of 2002)]

 

(4)Any allowance or deduction which has been disallowed under the provisions of subsection (3) shall be carried forward and be deemed to be an allowance or deduction to which the taxpayer is entitled in the succeeding year of assessment.

 

(5)        

(a)Where any income has in common been received by or accrued to the members of any partnership or foreign partnership, a portion (determined in accordance with any agreement between such members as to the ratio in which the profits or losses of the partnership are to be shared) of such income shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law or the relevant agreement of partnership, be deemed to have been received by or to have accrued to each such member individually on the date upon which such income was received by or accrued to them in common.

[Section 24H(5)(a) substituted by section 46(1)(b) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2010 (Act No. 7 of 2010)]

(b)Where a portion of any income is under the provisions of paragraph (a) deemed to have been received by or to have accrued to a taxpayer, a portion (determined as aforesaid) of any deduction or allowance which may be granted under the provisions of this Act in the determination of the taxable income derived from such income shall be granted in the determination of the taxpayer's taxable income so derived.