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112 PDFTitle:Inland Revenue OrdinanceGazette Number:E.R. 1 of 2012
Section:25Heading:Deduction of property tax from profits taxVersion Date:09/02/2012

Where property tax is payable for any year of assessment under Part 2 in respect of any land or buildings owned by a person carrying on a trade, profession or business, any profits tax payable by such person in respect of that year of assessment shall be reduced by a sum not exceeding the amount of such property tax paid by him:
Provided that-

    (a) no reduction shall be allowed unless either the profits derived from such property are part of the profits of the trade, profession or business carried on by such person or the property is occupied or used by him for the purposes of producing profits in respect of which he is chargeable to tax under this Part; (Replaced 11 of 1961 s. 5. Amended 35 of 1965 s. 14)
    (b) if the amount of property tax paid for a year of assessment exceeds the profits tax payable, the amount so paid in excess shall be refunded in accordance with the provisions of section 79; (Replaced 11 of 1961 s. 5)
    (c) (Repealed 19 of 1996 s. 8)
(Replaced 3 of 1949 s. 9. Amended E.R. 1 of 2012)