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Question One Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd is a resident of the Republic. Its sole asset is a rent-producing property. The ground floor of this building

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Question One Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd is a resident of the Republic. Its sole asset is a rent-producing property. The ground floor of this building is let to commercial tenants. The remaining two floors are let to residential tenants. Since Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd makes both taxable and exempt supplies for value-added tax purposes, a turnover-based method of apportionment has been applied to arrive at an acceptable input tax ratio of 40%, when applicable. Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd's receipts and accruals and expenditure for its two-month tax period ending 31 October 2022 are as set out below. (All amounts are inclusive of value-added tax when applicable.) Receipts and accruals Commercial rentals Residential rentals Interest levied on overdue rentals from commercial tenants Interest levied on overdue rentals from residential tenants Insurance settlement (note1) Expenditure Bank charges Audit fees Salaries Repairs (note 2) Maintenance (note 3) Insurance premiums (note 4) Interest incurred on mortgage bond Legal expenses for new leases entered into 155 250 204 700 6 831 2944 181 930 2875 14 375 33 350 224 250 16 675 15 525 43 125 - for new commercial tenants 1 725 - for new residential tenants 2530 Security maintenance contract expenditure 4025 16 330 Entertainment expenditure (note6) 690 805 Bad debts (note 5) Telephone (note 7) Notes 1. The insurance settlement of R181 930 received by Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd was for fire damage to its building. A fire had occurred at a laundry situated on the ground floor. The fire damaged the laundry and the flat situated directly above it. Compensation for the laundry was R115 000, and compensation for the flat was R66 930. 2. It cost Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd R138 000 to repair the "burnt" laundry. It cost R86 250 to repair the "burnt" flat. 3. Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd's maintenance costs of R16 675 include paint, paint brushes and other hardware items purchased so as to carry out repair work to its building. 4. Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd's premiums of R15 525 were incurred for the insurance of its building. 5. Hoousedown (Pty)Ltd's bad debt of R16 330 is made up of debts written off for commercial rental debtors of R9 890 and for residential rental debtors of R6 440. 6. The managing director of Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd had lunch with its lawyer during this two-month period. He takes its lawyer to lunch from time to time to ensure that it always enjoys preferential treatment from her when it needs her professional services. The lawyer's lunch cost R529, and the managing director's lunch cost R161. 7. Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd pays the caretaker's home telephone account. He has to make "business" telephone calls on a regular basis. He has indicated that 70% of his telephone calls are for it. His telephone account for this two-month period was R805. He is a part-time employee of it. 8. In September 2021, Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd bought paint to be used to paint the exterior of its building for R23 940 (R21 000 plus value-added tax at 15% of R2 940) from a local supplier. It enjoyed an input tax deduction of R1 176 (40% of R2 940) in its tax period 1 September 2021 to 31 October 2021. It encountered quality problems with this paint, and paid the supplier only R17 955 (R15 750 plus value- added tax of R2 205) on 31 October 2021. It refused to settle this account until the quality problems were resolved. On 1 October 2022, R5 985 (R5 250 plus value-added tax of R735) was still outstanding, despite numerous letters of demand having been received from its supplier. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO determine the value-added tax due to, or from, SARS for Hoousedown (Pty) Ltd's two- month tax period that ended on 31 October 2022.

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