<Tr> <Td> Unknown province </Td> <Td> 166 857 </Td> <Td> R177 602 </Td> <Td> R29. 63 billion </Td> <Td> 2.5% </Td> </Tr> <P> The company income tax rate is levied at 26.67% (According to the Company Law No. 71 of 2008) of the taxable income of the company . Certain companies qualifying as a small business corporation where tax is levied at 10% for taxable income above R 59,750 up to a limit of R 300,000 and 28% on taxable income above R 300,000 . Employment companies pay a tax of 33% . Dividends were subject to an additional tax called the Secondary Tax on Companies which was 10% of declared dividends . This tax was replaced by Dividend Tax on 1 April 2012; however Secondary Tax on Companies credits can be used until 31 March 2015 . </P> <P> In the 2009 tax year 34.2% of 473,034 companies in South Africa had taxable income . Of them 56.5% of the tax was paid by 222 large companies with a taxable income in excess of R200 million . Around 50% of the collectively assessed companies were from the finance, retail and wholesale trade sectors and were responsible for over 35% of this tax . The mining and quarrying sector - consisting of only 0.3% of the companies assessed - shrunk from 8.6% in 2006 to 5.7% in 2008 reflecting the declining importance of the mining sector to the South African economy. ((rp 3 </P> <P> Tax on donations is linked to Estate Duty which was first introduced in South Africa in 1955 . It is not a tax on income but rather on the transfer of wealth but differs from estate duty in that it specifically taxes gifts and donations as opposed to inheritance . This tax subjects certain donations made by persons to a flat rate of 20% . </P>

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