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Amendment to Estate Duty Act [Chapter 23:03]
37 Amendment of section 4 of Cap 23:03
With effect from the year of assessment beginning on the 1st January, 2006, section 4
("What constitutes an estate") (3) of the Estate Duty Act [Chapter 23:03] is amended by in
paragraph (d) by the deletion of "one thousand dollars" and the substitution of "ten million
dollars".
38 Amendment of section 5 of Cap 23:03
With effect from the year of assessment beginning on the 1st January, 2006, section 5
("Dutiable amount of estate") of the Estate Duty Act [Chapter 23:03] is amended in paragraph
(n) by the deletion of "twenty thousand dollars" and the substitution of "one hundred million
dollars".
PART VI
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
Amendment to Finance Act [Chapter 23:04]
39 Amendment section 39 of Cap. 23:04
With effect from the 17th October, 2005, section 39 ("Rates of capital gains withholding
tax") of the Finance Act [Chapter 23:04] is amended by the repeal of paragraph (c) and the
substitution of⎯
"(c) in the case of a sale of a marketable security other than a security referred to in
paragraph (b), five per centum of the price at which the security was sold.".
Amendment to Capital Gains Tax Act [Chapter 23:01]
40 New section substituted for section 22F of Cap. 23:01
With effect from the year of assessment beginning on the 1st January, 2006, section 22F of
the Capital Gains Tax Act [Chapter 23:01] is repealed and the following is substituted⎯
"22F
Exemptions
Notwithstanding section 22C, 22D or 22E, capital gains withholding tax ⎯
(a) need not be withheld or paid where the amount concerned is exempt from
capital gains tax in terms of section 10;
(b) shall not be withheld or paid on the sale of marketable securities by a unit trust
registered as an internal scheme under the Collective Investment Schemes Act,
1997, or as an asset manager under the Asset Management Act [Chapter 24:26]
(Act No. 16 of 2004), but shall be withheld and paid on the redemption of any
unit by an investor in the unit trust.".
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