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Amanda is 32 years old and during the current year of assessment she had the following income and expenses:* Income Salary of R220 000* Bonus of R66 000EXPENSES:* Retirement annuity fund contributions of R11 000* Pension fund contributions of R11 000You may assume that her remuneration for the year is R242 000. YOU ARE REQUIRED to calculate the retirement fund contribution deduction which she will be allowed to deduct from her taxable income for the current year of assessment.a.R66 550b.R78 650c.R22 000d.R11 000Clear my choice

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Amanda is 32 years old and during the current year of assessment she had the following income and expenses:* Income Salary of R220 000* Bonus of R66 000EXPENSES:* Retirement annuity fund contributions of R11 000* Pension fund contributions of R11 000You may assume that her remuneration for the year is R242 000. YOU ARE REQUIRED to calculate the retirement fund contribution deduction which she will be allowed to deduct from her taxable income for the current year of assessment.a.R66 550b.R78 650c.R22 000d.R11 000Clear my choice

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The calculation for the retirement fund contribution deduction is as follows:

According to South African tax law, the deduction for retirement fund contributions (which includes both retirement annuity fund contributions and pension fund contributions) is limited to the lesser of:

  1. 27.5% of the greater of remuneration for PAYE purposes or taxable income (both excluding retirement lump sum benefits and severance benefits). In Amanda's case, this would be 27.5% of R242,000 = R66,550.

  2. R350,000.

  3. The actual contributions made. In Amanda's case, this is R11,000 (retirement annuity fund contributions) + R11,000 (pension fund contributions) = R22,000.

Therefore, the maximum amount that Amanda can deduct for her retirement fund contributions is the lesser of R66,550, R350,000, and R22,000.

So, the correct answer is R22,000 (option c).

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