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interim report on estate duty for public
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with a variety of topics related to estate duty
and trusts, and includes proposals that could
have a significant impact on estate planning
and trusts.
Proposals
The report contains proposals and
recommendations only, and it is
important to recognise that these
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impulsively based on the current
recommendations, but it is still
worthwhile keeping a close eye on
further developments.
The collection of estate duty
Estate duty collections comprise only
0.1% of total annual tax collections,
and the process of collection
is cumbersome. However, the
Committee believes that it would be
difficult to justify the complete repeal
thereof, considering the fact that,
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direct tax on wealth in South Africa,
and taking into account the disparity
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modification, rather than having a
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retained at the current level of 20%. A
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employment and training of expert
SARS estate duty assessors.
Inter-spouse bequests and
estate duty
Currently, bequests between
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determining estate duty on death.
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principle of inter-spousal exemptions
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limits. Several reasons are advanced
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Primary abatement on death
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option of the surviving spouse to use
it in the estate of the first-dying means
that the abatement would no longer be
available for use in the survivor’s own
estate.
Retirement funds
The Committee has recommended that
all retirement fund contributions made
on or after 1 March 2015, that have
been disallowed in the determination
of the taxpayer’s income tax, be
included in the taxpayer’s estate as a
deemed asset for estate duty purposes,
thereby potentially subjecting it to
estate duty.
Trusts
Some of the most significant proposals
are those relating to trusts. The key
recommendations are as follows:
• Trusts should have a commercial
benefit, as opposed to an estate duty
benefit.
• The flat rate of tax for trusts should
be maintained at its current level of
41%.
• The deeming provisions of sections
7 and 25B of the Income Tax
Act should be repealed. These
provisions allow trustees to cause
trust income (and likewise capital
gains) to vest, and be taxed, in
the hands of a beneficiary (the
so-called ‘attribution’ or ‘flow-
through’ principle). A repeal of
these sections would result in
income and capital gains effectively
being ‘trapped’ in the trust for tax
purposes, without trustees having
the option to distribute the income
or capital gains to the beneficiaries.
Coupled with the recommendation
to retain the flat rate of tax, this will
clearly have a significant impact on
the taxation of trust income and
capital gains.
• Trusts should be taxed as separate
taxpayers.
• Currently, assets are often
transferred to trusts, subject to the
transfer consideration remaining
outstanding by way of an interest-
free loan account. The Committee
has recommended that no attempt
should be made to implement
transfer pricing adjustments in
the event of financial assistance or
interest-free loans being advanced
to trusts. Interest-free loans can
thus continue to be used in this
manner.
Conclusion
The Committee’s report has certainly
provided estate planners with some
food for thought, and the final report is
awaited with interest.
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