Section 20 of the Income Tax Act, No 58 of 1962 allows a taxpayer that has sustained an assessed loss to carry forward the balance of assessed loss and be set off against income earned in the future years. In addition, the loss sustained from one source may be set off the income from another. The assessed loss may be carried forward indefinitely, provided the taxpayer does not fall foul to a provision that restricts the continued use of the assessed loss. The taxpayer's right to retain, carry forward and utilise the assessed loss will be lost if: • The taxpayer's debt(s) are reduced or extinguished, without it being settled. • When a company cease trading. • Also in the case of a company, when income is channelled into it solely for the utilisation of the assessed loss. A recent amendment prevents certain individuals from setting off the assessed loss sustained in certain activities against the income of another. / Thesis (M.Com.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 2004.

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The Trust Fund is for the Czech law a completely new institution, therefore its deeper legal examination and interpretation of its individual provisions is just at the beginning. It is generally regulated by the Act no. 89/2012 Sb., the Civil Code, as amended. The essence of the Trust Fund lies in the fact that the Settlor separates a specified part of his property and entrusts it to some purpose. This creates a separated property, to which has the original owner (the Settlor) no ownership rights. Management of this separated property performs the Trustee. However, he has no ownership of this property. Property in the Trust Fund does not belong to anyone, but the Trustee can dispose of it. The aim of this thesis is to comprehensively summarize and analyze the taxation of the Trust Fund according to the regulation applicable in 2014 and also after its revision in January 2015. The thesis identifies the problems and uncertainties in taxation of Trust Fund. It explains how these problems were solved by the revision of the Tax Law and in case of persisting uncertainties proposes solutions de lege ferenda. The thesis is divided into two main parts. The first part deals with the institution of Trust Fund. There is explained its essence, function and obligatory requirements. The second, main part of this thesis...

Abuse of law in taxes - abstract The author has decided to choose this particular topic as it concerns her occupations as tax advisor. The doctrine of abuse of law is actually becoming more frequent not only in the tax cases decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union, by the Czech Supreme Administrative Court and lower Czech courts but also often occurs in the regular tax proceeding conducted by all levels of the Czech tax administration. The aim of the author was to analyse the doctrine and try to develop a practical instrument for decision making of common Czech taxpayers. The thesis is decided in two parts and conclusion. In the first part, the doctrine of abuse of law and related concepts as tax avoidance, tax evasion, substance-over-form rule, sham transactions and tax optimization in the Czech law theory and legislation is analysed, in second chapter the author has looked more closely into cases decided by Czech courts. In the third chapter are analysed the most important cases concerning abuse of law decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union. In second part of the thesis are commented some practical measures to avoid harmful tax planning arrangements used as in the Czech republic as abroad, including the recently adopted BEPS Action Plan of OECD which refers to tax planning...

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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce (specialising in Taxation) Johannesburg, 2017 / As a result of a weakening and slow global economy and rising debt, many foreign governments are finding it difficult to implement strategies to ensure continued inclusive and sustainable growth. It is based on this troubling perspective of global uncertainty that tax authorities worldwide have unanimously persisted in their fight against tax evasion through the under-declaration of income from foreign assets, the illegal movement of money abroad, the misapplication and / or manipulation of transfer pricing legislation and mistreatments of tax treaties. The G20 Leaders together with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) have developed standards such as the Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) for the Automatic Exchange of Information (“AEOI”) between tax authorities to enhance the sharing of information and transparency of information between tax authorities worldwide. South Africa has pledged to implement the CRS and automatically share tax information with other jurisdictions on an annual basis in the fight against tax evasion and avoidance. Of significance, in terms of timing for South African tax residents, is that South Africa has undertaken to be one of the early adopters of the CRS and committed to commence the first exchange of information from 2017. In light of the standards and actions coming into place, it has become clear that before long the likelihood of the South African Revenue Services (“SARS”) and the South African Reserve Bank (“SARB”) detecting tax evasion and avoidance is increasingly high. Based on this, non-compliant taxpayers have a limited timeframe to manoeuvre freely in and what may be their last opportunity to voluntarily disclose these assets and the income derived therefrom to SARS and SARB without facing heavier penalties and possible criminal prosecution. / MT 2018

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce (Specialising in Taxation) Johannesburg, 2017 / Trusts are an essential tool for estate planning. The interest in trust structures by taxpayers has increased over the years and the South African Revenue Services (‘SARS’) and National Treasury (‘NT’) have placed trusts on their agenda due to their perceived tax avoidance resulting from the use of trust structures. Section 7C was introduced into the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 (as amended) (‘the Act’) in order to curb the avoidance of estate duty. However, the work undertaken by SARS and NT over the years and the insertion of this section in the Act, created an impression that there is avoidance of taxation through the use of trust structures. This study will interrogate the provisions of s 7C in order to determine the effectiveness of this section in curbing the avoidance of estate duty and/or tax through the use of trust structures. The well thought out manner in which this section was drafted and the existence of other tax provisions in the Act which pertain to trusts and the funding mechanisms of trusts suggest that this new inclusion is a convenient and easy manner to monitor the abuse by SARS and NT and subsequently curb the perceived abuse. The interplay of this section with ss 7 and 31 of the Act indicate a risk of unintended double taxation. This and the circumvention options that taxpayers may embark on are matters that may render the section ineffective, although it is evidenced that this section closes that last door that remained open for taxpayers in respect of funding a trust. Key Words: Tax avoidance, estate duty avoidance, National Treasury, SARS, National Budget Speech, Davis Tax Committee Reports on estate duty, Interest-free and low interest loans, Affected Transactions (s 31), Donor attribution rules (s 7), Donations and donations tax, Double taxation. / GR2018

Este trabalho teve como finalidade analisar a operabilidade da boa-fé objetiva no Direito Tributário, área na qual o instituto desempenha importantes funções como princípio e postulado. A primeira parte do estudo se propôs a trazer a noção geral da boa-fé objetiva no âmbito do Direito Tributário. Iniciou-se o trabalho com a apresentação histórica da boa-fé, seguindo-se a apresentação do seu núcleo semântico conforme a aplicação jurisprudencial da norma, enfatizando-se por fim sua relação com a Ética. Então, em um segundo momento, foram entabulados critérios objetivos de distinção entre a boa-fé em sua forma objetiva e a subjetiva. Seguiu-se a apresentação da consagração da norma no Direito Tributário, o que ocorreu na forma de princípio. E, finalmente, prestou-se o trabalho à distinção entre os princípios da boa-fé objetiva e da proteção da confiança. Então, delineado o contorno do instituto em exame, a segunda parte do estudo se dedicou a analisar especificamente a sua normatividade, isso é, a sua aplicabilidade como norma jurídica. O tema foi introduzido estabelecendo-se a premissa referente ao que se entende como norma jurídica e suas espécies, quais sejam: as regras, os princípios e os postulados. A seguir, foram abordadas as funções da boa-fé objetiva como princípio no Direito Tributário (limitadora do exercício de direitos subjetivos e posições jurídicas, criadora de deveres jurídicos e interpretativa) bem como foi realizada análise sobre a razão de se entender o instituto como princípio. E, arrematando o estudo, passou-se ao desenvolvimento da tese de que a boa-fé objetiva possui, além das funções tradicionais compreendidas como funções principiológicas, funções tipicamente pertinentes aos postulados normativos aplicativos: função de padronização e a função de exceção. / This paper has the purpose of examining the operativity of objective good faith in Tax Law, in which the institute plays a relevant role as a principle and as a postulate. The first part of the study introduces da notion of objective good faith considering Tax Law as its field of application. Initially, are present the historic aspects, followed by the meaning of its semantic core according to the jurisprudential use of the norm, also covering its relation with Ethics. In a second moment, the work points out the differences and similarities of subjective and objective good faith. Next, are highlighted the evidences of consecration of the norm in the Tax Law, what happened as its performance as a general principle. Finally, the study distinguishes the principle of objective good faith and the principle of trust. Then, traced the contour of the institute under examination, the second part of the study is focus on the analysis of its normativity, or, in other words, how it can and should be applied as a juridic norm. In order so, it is fix an important premise about the adopted conception of the juridical norm species, which are: the rules, the principles and the postulates. Therefore, the role of good faith as a principle is approached (as limit in the exercise of the subjective rights and juridic positions, origin of juridic duties and interpretative), just as is analyzed the reason of the comprehension of the institute as a principle. Then, to finalize the study, is develop the thesis that the objective good faith also has, besides the traditional role as a principle, other papers in the juridic universe, papers that are coherent to the role that applicative postulates have: padronization function and exception function.