Supreme Court of Appeal: 2004-2000

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2004​ ​ ​
Date of Delivery​Parties Involved​Applicable Legislation​Keywords
​5 March 2004

​SA Silicone Products (Pty) Ltd

  1. Heher
  2. Cloete
​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Section 11(gA)(iii); whether licence to use trade marks ‘property similar in nature’ to trade mark; whether conclusion of licence agreement ‘acquisition’ of such property

​25 March 2004The Director-General: DTI and Another v Shurlock International (Pty) Limited​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​General Export Incentive Scheme Guidelines (Revision 2) – whether exporter must repay an incentive payment if original documents listed in para 3.9 of Scheme Guidelines cannot be produced within five year period thereafter

​31 March 2004Megs Investment (Pty) Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Set-off of assessed loss in terms of s.20; whether the taxpayer, a company, carried on a trade within the Republic during the tax year in question

​31 March 2004Standard General Insurance Company Limited​Customs and Excise Act, 1964​Liability of clearing agent for payment of duty; s.18A
​21 May 2004Estate RF Welch​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Donations tax; whether eligible on value of assets settled upon trust primarily to enable trustees to discharge settlor’s maintenance obligations in terms of an order for divorce incorporating a consent paper which provided for the establishment of such a trust

​31 May 2004Estate Late HE Streicher​Estate Duty Act, 1955

​Valuation of immovable estate property; s.5(1)(g); meaning of ‘in the course of the liquidation of the estate’

​27 September 2004Western Platinum Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Attributes of income from mining operations capable of being set off by taxpayer against mining capital expenditure; when interest receipts qualify as mining income

​29 September 2004Weare, M​Value-Added Tax Act, 1991

​Overpayment of VAT refundable in terms of s.44(2)(a), not in terms of
s.44(1); overpayment in terms of prevailing practice

​1 October 2004Metlika Trading Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Interim interdict; appealability; an order is in effect final and appealable if of immediate effect and not to be reconsidered at the trial or on the same facts; jurisdiction; if respondent an incola, the court may assume jurisdiction to grant an interdict (mandatory or prohibitory) no matter if the act in question is to be performed outside the court’s jurisdiction

​30 November 2004AM Moolla Group Limited and Others​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Whether goods in transit or transhipped through Sout Africa are subject to the provisions of the Counterfeit Goods Act, 1997

​30 November 2004Nashua Limited​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Ad valorem duty; interpretation of ‘parts and accessories’

 
2003​ ​ ​
Date of Delivery​Parties Involved​Applicable Legislation​Keywords
13 March 2003Omnia Fertilizer Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Section 8(4)(a); meaning of ‘recouped’; whether recoupment effected

​26 March 2003AM Moolla Group Ltd and Others​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Trade Agreement with Malawi; application of section 46 and rules thereto on imports from Malawi

​31 March 2003

​Sing, A

  1. Olivier
  2. Cloete & Heher
​Value-Added Tax Act, 1991

​Commissioner must give notice to a taxpayer where he has made an assessment in terms of s.30(1) before he can recover the assessed amount in terms of section 40(2)

​15 May 2003Tiger Oats Ltd​Regional Services Council Act, 1985

​Regional establishment levy; investment holding company; liable to pay levy on dividends received

​30 May 2003​Warner Lambert SA (Pty) Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Sections 11(a) and 2(g); whether social responsibility expenditure which the appellant was (by US legislation) obliged to incur in South Africa was expenditure laid out for the purposes of trade; if so, whether it was of a capital or a revenue nature

​30 May 2003Rane Investment Trust​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Film investment; deduction under erstwhile sections 11bis and 24F; contractual arrangements interpreted in light of parties’ conduct

​5 September 2003Uitenhage Transitional Local Council​SCA Rules 8 and 12

​Failure to lodge record timeously; condonation; factors affecting contract; interpretation; agreement to co-operate in pursuit of the claims of the respective parties; meaning

​18 September 2003Certain Underwriters of London v Theresa Harrison​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Vehicle imported unlawfully; Other – Insurance policy; non-disclosure

​25 November 2003Wyner, CM​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Profit on sale of immovable property; whether of capital or revenue nature; intention of purchaser at time of acquisition to make profit on resale

 
2002 ​ ​ ​
Date of Delivery​Parties Involved​Applicable Legislation​Keywords
​7 March 2002First National Bank of Southern Africa Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Whether income accruing to the appellant was ‘from a source within … the Republic’ in terms of the definition of ‘gross income’ in s.1; principles applicable

​27 March 2002Samcor (Manufacturing) (Pty) Ltd​​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Valuation; transaction value; fees and royalties; s.65

​28 March 2002Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Limited​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Rebates under an export promotion scheme; whether ‘paid by the State’ in terms of s.10(1)(zA)

​14 May 2002Scribante Construction (Pty) Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Sections 11(a) and 23(g); dividends declared by company credited to shareholders’ loan accounts; interest paid on such loans; whether taxable

​20 May 2002De Beers Marine (Pty) Ltd​​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Fuel levy; excise duty; bunker fuel; mining operations; export; sections 18A and 20(4)

​6 September 2002Lewis Stores (Pty) Ltd​​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Tariff determination; TH73.23 and others in Part 1 of Schedule No. 1; whether pots and pans plated with gold

​23 September 2002Delta Motor Corporation (Pty) Ltd​​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Customs duty; whether royalty part of price of goods or otherwise dutiable

​26 September 2002Smith, CJ​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Section 26(1); ‘farming operations’; requires genuine intention to carry out such operations profitably; reasonable prospect of profit not independent requirement

​26 November 2002​Dr IM Hassim​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Income Tax Special Court; appeal in terms of s.86A; meaning of ‘any decision’

 
2001​ ​ ​
Date of Delivery​Parties Involved​Applicable Legislation​Keywords
​2 March 2001EBN Trading (Pty) Ltd​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Sections 1 and 102; definition of ‘importer’; beneficially interested

​9 March 2001SW van der Merwe and Others​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Part of business of insurance company liquidated; levy of tax

​19 March 2001Comshipco Shiffsagentur GmbH​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Address commission paid by owner of a ship to the charterer is not expenditure for purposes of s.11bis(4)(f)

​22 March 2001Rentreag Marketing (Pty) Ltd and Others​Customs and Excise Act, 1964​Tariff classification of cheese
​18 May 2001Boedel Wyle AIJ de Beer

​Boedelbelastingwet, 1955

​Korting wat onder paragraaf (m)(ii) van artikel 4 ‘nie toegelaat is nie’ voor die 1998 wysiging, beteken ‘nie deur die Kommissaris toegelaat nie’

​25 May 2001Brenco Incorporated and Others​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Procedural fairness regarding imposition of anti-dumping duties; s.56 read wth s.4(2) of the Board on Tariffs and Trade Act, 1986

​31 May 2001Henbase 3392 (Pty) Ltd​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Trade Agreement between South Africa and Malawi; whether detained goods should be released pendente lite

​7 September 2001Capri Oro (Pty) Limited​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Sections 15(1), 87(1) and 93; non-declaration; goods removed in transit; liable to forfeiture

​20 September 2001RM Woulidge​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Section 7(3); whether income resulting from sale of shares to children’s trusts income in hands of parent; interest free credit acquire shares; applicability of in duplum rule to tax payable

​19 November 2001Van Hulsteyns Attorneys​Bills of Exchange Act, 34 of 1964

​Stolen customs and excise cheque; possession through a collecting bank for purposes of liability in terms of s.81

​27 November 2001​Shelton, MW​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Validity of issuing and execution of a search and seizure warrant issued in terms of section 74D(9)

 
2000 ​ ​ ​
Date of Delivery​Parties Involved​Applicable Legislation​Keywords
​25 May 2000NST Ferrochrome (Pty) Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Deduction in terms of s.12C; meaning of ‘any person’ in subparagraph (d)(vi) of definition of ‘connected person’ in s.1

​31 May 2000Foodcorp Limited​Income Tax Act, 1962

​What constitutes a ‘mining property’ in terms of s.37; referral back to Commissioner for re-assessment

​1 September 2000Hulett Aluminium (Pty) Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Third proviso to s.79(1); whether general prevailing practice established

​29 September 2000Standard General Insurance Company Ltd​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Liability of agent; whether period in s.99 is a limitation; applicability of
s.13(1)(g) read with s.16(1) of the Prescription Act of 1969 to claim in terms of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​24 November 2000Volkswagen of South Africa (Pty) Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962

​Capital receipts or accruals, vehicles used by the manufacturer in conducting its business and then sold

​29 November 2000Waldo Earl Frith, Estate Late​Estate Duty Act, 1955

​Section 4(q); deduction; computation

​30 November 2000Chairman of Board on Tariffs and Trade v Volkswagen of South Africa (Pty) Ltd​Customs and Excise Act, 1964

​Repeal of Note 5(vi)(a)(ii) to rebate item 609.17 of Schedule No. 6; effect thereof; whether right to approach the Board on Tariffs and Tade for a recommendation in terms thereof survived the repeal

​30 November 2000Syfrets Participation Bond Managers Ltd​Income Tax Act, 1962 and Participation Bonds Act, 1987

​Whether participations by manager of participation bond scheme in scheme are ‘trading stock’; whether any diminution in value by reason

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