4.1 Shireen is a resident of the republic of South Africa. She is...

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4.1 Shireen is a resident of the republic of South Africa. She is the owner of various assets and property in the country and has made the decision to sell a few of her assets. Shireen has been living in her home in Knysna which she bought 12 years ago. She has now decided to relocate to Pretoria due to a change in her job. Her residential property was bought at a cost price of R1500000 in January 2012 and it was sold for R3800000 in February 2024.
She owned shares in Pedro (Pty) Ltd which she purchased for a cost of R150000, she required extra cash to undertake renovations in her home and decided to sell the shares for R260000 in February 2024, she does not deal in the buying and selling of shares. Shireen has been having problems with the payment of rental from her tenant in a flat that she rents out, she has therefore decided to sell this flat. The flat was purchased for R1800000 in April 2019 and sold for R2500000 in October 2023. In addition to the assets that were sold in the current year of assessment she had made a capital loss of R300000 from the 2023 year of assessment.
REQUIRED:
Calculate the taxable capital gain or loss of Shireen for the 2024 year of assessment.
4.2 Precious, who is the sister of Shireen is a resident of the Reppablic. She is 52 years old and she resigned from her employment on 30 November 2023. She received a lump sum from her pension fund of R210000. She used R70000 of this lump sum to pay off her car and transferred the remaining balance into a pension preservation fund.
REQUIRED:
Compute the tax payable on her current lump sum.
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