Required: Determine the normal tax payable by News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd, if any, in respect of its year of assessment ended a1 December 2018. Provide brief adequate reasons for all amounts included/excluded.

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8. Legal expenses incurred:
R
Legal cost of William case (refer to note 6 above)
Legal cost Alvis Plessis case (refer note 7 above)
Cost of a restraint of trade agreement in respect of an employee, Christobel Zuma who
resigned on 1 June 2018 to set up her own business. The restraint is for a period of two
years from the date she resigned.
25 000
25 000
15 000
9. Advertising and publicity related costs:
R
Advertising on local radio station
Billboard costs
37 000
50 000
Required:
Determine the normal tax payable by News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd, if any, in respect of its year of assessment ended 31
December 2018. Provide brief adequate reasons for all amounts includedlexcluded.
Transcribed Image Text:8. Legal expenses incurred: R Legal cost of William case (refer to note 6 above) Legal cost Alvis Plessis case (refer note 7 above) Cost of a restraint of trade agreement in respect of an employee, Christobel Zuma who resigned on 1 June 2018 to set up her own business. The restraint is for a period of two years from the date she resigned. 25 000 25 000 15 000 9. Advertising and publicity related costs: R Advertising on local radio station Billboard costs 37 000 50 000 Required: Determine the normal tax payable by News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd, if any, in respect of its year of assessment ended 31 December 2018. Provide brief adequate reasons for all amounts includedlexcluded.
News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd is the biggest daily newspaper in South Africa, with over 300 000 daily sales across all provinces
and a readership of more than 6 100 000. It targets readers in and around the major urban centres. These readers are
the economic core of South Africa. News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd distributes most of its newspapers on credit to the retailers.
The following information is provided in respect of the News Dot Com (Pty) Ltď's year of assessment ended 31 December
2018:
1. Sales:
R
Cash sales
900 000
Credit sales
4 200 000
2. Interest on debtors' accounts
R210 000
3. Debts written off
R362 500
4. The allowance for doubtful debt reflected on the Statement of Financial Position for each of the respective years
is as follows:
R
31 December 2017
31 December 2018
650 000
920 000
5. On 22 December 2018, Michelle Moon, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd donated
R32 000 in cash to the Gift of Givers (a registered Public Benefit Organisation (PBO)).
6. Employee-related costs:
• Wages and salaries
• Medical aid funds and pension fund contributed on behalf of the employees
• As Vinollia was getting sick and tired of co-editor, William's bossy and arrogant attitude, she decided to call a
shareholder meeting and had William removed from his chair by passing a special resolution on 30 July 2018.
This was effective immediately. William did not take this very well and instituted legal action against the
company on the basis of the Employment Equity Act in the CCMA. The company agreed to settle the issue out
of court and paid William damages amounting to R350 000. This was duly paid on 31 August 2018.
R1 200 000
R150 000
7. Pretoria High Court Acting Judge ordered the newspaper and journalist Correta Moloi to compensate Alvis
Plessis for tamishing his reputation in an October 2013 article headlined 'Frozen – For an Onion'. Alvis Plessis, a
market agent at the Tshwane Fresh Produce Market, claimed News Dot Com (Pty) Ltď's article about a man
locked in a cold storage room for stealing an onion contained lies, was defamatory.News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd was
ordered during the year of assessment to pay R1 350 000 in compensation to a Pretoria market agent for
defaming him in an article three years ago.
Transcribed Image Text:News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd is the biggest daily newspaper in South Africa, with over 300 000 daily sales across all provinces and a readership of more than 6 100 000. It targets readers in and around the major urban centres. These readers are the economic core of South Africa. News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd distributes most of its newspapers on credit to the retailers. The following information is provided in respect of the News Dot Com (Pty) Ltď's year of assessment ended 31 December 2018: 1. Sales: R Cash sales 900 000 Credit sales 4 200 000 2. Interest on debtors' accounts R210 000 3. Debts written off R362 500 4. The allowance for doubtful debt reflected on the Statement of Financial Position for each of the respective years is as follows: R 31 December 2017 31 December 2018 650 000 920 000 5. On 22 December 2018, Michelle Moon, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd donated R32 000 in cash to the Gift of Givers (a registered Public Benefit Organisation (PBO)). 6. Employee-related costs: • Wages and salaries • Medical aid funds and pension fund contributed on behalf of the employees • As Vinollia was getting sick and tired of co-editor, William's bossy and arrogant attitude, she decided to call a shareholder meeting and had William removed from his chair by passing a special resolution on 30 July 2018. This was effective immediately. William did not take this very well and instituted legal action against the company on the basis of the Employment Equity Act in the CCMA. The company agreed to settle the issue out of court and paid William damages amounting to R350 000. This was duly paid on 31 August 2018. R1 200 000 R150 000 7. Pretoria High Court Acting Judge ordered the newspaper and journalist Correta Moloi to compensate Alvis Plessis for tamishing his reputation in an October 2013 article headlined 'Frozen – For an Onion'. Alvis Plessis, a market agent at the Tshwane Fresh Produce Market, claimed News Dot Com (Pty) Ltď's article about a man locked in a cold storage room for stealing an onion contained lies, was defamatory.News Dot Com (Pty) Ltd was ordered during the year of assessment to pay R1 350 000 in compensation to a Pretoria market agent for defaming him in an article three years ago.
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