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Income Tax Act Mac 1<br />

Vol. 1<br />

"employees' profit sharing plan" means an arrangement whereby<br />

the whole or part of a company's annual bonus distribution is<br />

transferred to a trustee to be applied towards the purchase of shares<br />

in the company to be held by the trustee to the use and benefit of<br />

the employees of the company and otherwise dealt with in<br />

accordance with this section.<br />

36. Amended/Deleted by Finance Act, 1989<br />

37. (1) Amended/Deleted by Finance Act, 1989<br />

(2) Amended/Deleted by Finance Act, 1989<br />

(3) Subject to subsection (4) interest on treasury bonds is exempt from<br />

income tax.<br />

63 (4) The exemption referred to in subsection (3) applies only to such portion<br />

of treasury bonds held by any person which will not exceed the sum of<br />

sixty thousand dollars as at 31st December 1986 and increasing that sum<br />

by four thousand dollars per year in each of the next five succeeding years.<br />

Act No.14 of 1987<br />

37A. Amended/Deleted by Finance Act, 1989<br />

37B. Where an individual to whom section 17 applies holds tax free housing<br />

bonds, the interest on that portion of the value of the bonds that does not<br />

exceed eighty-four thousand dollars is exempt from tax.<br />

Certain interest on housing bonds exempt<br />

Finance Act, 1989<br />

38. (1) Subject to this section, an employer may with the approval of the<br />

Board establish an employees' savings plan to which contributions may be<br />

made annually by the employer and the employee. Employer may establish employees' savings plan<br />

Act No.46 of 1977<br />

(2) All persons in the employ of an employer are eligible to become<br />

members of an employees' savings plan (hereinafter referred to as "the<br />

plan").<br />

(3) The Board shall not approve the establishment of a plan unless it is<br />

satisfied that - Act No.46 of 1977<br />

(a) membership in the plan is voluntary;<br />

(b) the plan is intended as a supplement and not as a substitute for<br />

any approved pension fund plan or deferred annuity plan;<br />

63 BIR Note: Effective 1 st January 1987.<br />

BIR Mac Edition 91/<strong>01</strong> Page 66

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