Grasshopper (Pty) Ltd ("Grasshopper"), a resident of the Republic of South Africa, manufactures garden furniture. Grasshopper's Financial Director presented you with the following information for the company's current year of assessment (ended on 28 February 2022): Notes 1. Grasshopper (Pty) Ltd entered into a new lease agreement for its factory premises on 1 March 2021. The agreement stipulates that Grasshopper (Pty) Ltd must pay the rent two months in advance on the 25th of each month. 3. On 1 March 2021 Grasshopper entered into a twelve-month registered learnership agreement with Thabo Jones which has an NQF level 6 qualification. Thabo, who is physically disabled, obtained an NQF level 7 qualification on 1 September 2021 and successfully completed the learnership by the end of February 2022. This learnership agreement has been registered with the relevant education sector and training authority established under section 9(1) of the Skills Development Act 97 of 1988 (titles and codes have been allocated and issued by the Director-General: ANNEXURE F: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1 Department of Labour). No recording was done in Grasshopper's books for this transaction. 5. The qualifying outstanding debtor's balance for the current year of assessment is R150 000 and the qualifying outstanding debtor's balance for the previous year of assessment was R180000. 6. The property, plant, and equipment below relate to depreciation expense: 6.1. Grasshopper (Pty) Ltd conducts qualifying technological research and development activities relating to 'the growing and nurturing of plants'. The research activities were approved by the Department of Science and Technology. Operating expenses for the 2022 year of assessment were R350 000. New and unused research machines used in the research activities were purchased on 30 June 2021 for R700 000 . They were brought into use on the same date. 6.2. On 1 April 2021 Grasshopper (Pty) Ltd started to erect a commercial building. This commercial building cost R3 300000 to erect and was completed on 31 January 2022. As of 1 February 2022, it was occupied by Grasshopper's administrative employees. 6.3. On 1 November 2021, a newly imported machine was purchased by Grasshopper (Pty) Ltd to be used to manufacture garden chairs. It was purchased for the equivalent of R55 000 (cash cost). It was brought into use on 1 January 2022. Customs and excise duty paid on it was R4 500. A further R2 000 was incurred on transport. It cost R3 500 to install the new machine. Calculate, with references to the relevant sections of the Income Tax Act where applicable, the taxable income of Grasshopper (Pty) Ltd for the 2022 year of assessment. Start with the profit before tax. Round to the nearest Rand. Exclude all capital gains tax calculations and ignore any VAT implications. (40 marks) Competency Framework Reference