Blitz Pty Ltd is a South African resident. It is a small business corporation that manufactures braai BBQ accessories and products. The companys financ ial y ear ends on February. Blitz Pty Ltd is a registered vat vendor and the company does not apply IFRS for financial reportin g purpos es
The f ollowing inf ormation is av ailable f or the y ear ended February all amounts exc lude VAT unless otherwis e stated:
Income Notes R
Sales
Expenses and costs
Salaries and wages
Bad debts
Doubtful debts
Legal expenses
Purchase of raw material
Inventory
Electricity
Machinery costs see note
Computer costs
Commercial building
Restraint of trade
Patent acquired
Notes:
The s alaries paid during the current year of assessment amounted to R and the company als o contributed R
towards the provident fund on behalf of the companys employ ees.
The list of doubtful debts as at February amounted to R and of the total amount hav e been in arrears for more than days The balanc e of the debtors hav e not been in arrears for more than days The doubtfuldebt allowanc e by the Commissio ner for the year of assessment, amounted to R
Legal expenses were incurred as follows:
Drafting of lease contracts for the company amounting to R
The balance of the expenses relate to collection of outstanding trade debtors.
The c ost pric e of the opening s toc k was R and the market v alue was R as on Marc h The c ost price of the closing stock was R and the market value was R on February
The company paid the entire amount of electricity for the period February to August
On February Blitz Pty Ltd ac quired a new manuf acturing mac hine from Brazil whic h was brought into us e on May The c os t of the mac hine was US$ The c ompany s ettled the purc has e pric e in full on J uly No other costs were incurred on the machine and no forward exchange contract was entered into.
The spot rates are as follows:
February $ R
February $ R
May $ R
July $ R
Due to the expansion of the business, the company purchased three laptops during November for immediate us e by the f inanc e department. The tax pay er elec ts the :: writeoff that pertains to other ass ets in terms of s ec tion E
The company constructed a mini commercial building on June The building was completed and immediately brought into use on January
The full payment was made to the former operations manager on January for agreeing not to start a business in South Africa within a period of four years.
Blitz Pty Ltd incurred an expense of R in acquiring a design on its trading merchandise.
Required:
Calculate in detail Blitz Pty Ltds tax liability for the year ended February