Finance (No. 2) Act 2017

11 (1) An amount of a quasi-loan is outstanding for the purposes of [F1 paragraphs 1 and 1A] if the initial debt amount exceeds the repayment amount. U.K.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “initial debt amount”, in relation to a quasi-loan, means the total of—

(a) an amount equal to the value of the acquired debt (see paragraph 2(2)), and

(b) where P subsequently acquires a further right (an “additional debt”) to a payment, or transfer of assets, in connection with the payment mentioned in paragraph 2(3)(a) or (as the case may be) the transfer mentioned in paragraph 2(3)(b), an amount equal to the value of the additional debt.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) where the acquired debt is a right to payment of an amount, the “value” of the debt is that amount,

(b) where the additional debt is a right to payment of an amount, the “value” of the debt is that amount, but is nil if the additional debt accrued to P by the capitalisation of interest on the acquired debt or another additional debt, and

(c) where the acquired debt or additional debt is a right to a transfer of assets, the “value” of the debt is an amount equal to—

(i) the market value of the assets at the time the right is acquired (or the value of the right at that time if the assets are non-fungible and not in existence at that time), or

(ii) if higher, the cost of the assets at that time.

(4) In sub-paragraph (1) “repayment amount”, in relation to a quasi-loan, means the total of—

(a) the amount (if any) by which the initial debt amount has been reduced (by way of repayment) before 17 March 2016,

(b) payments in money (if any) made by the relevant person on or after 17 March 2016 by way of repayment of the initial debt amount, and

(c) if the acquired debt or an additional debt is a right to a transfer of assets, and the assets have been transferred, an amount equal to the market value of the assets at the time of the transfer.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 11 para. 11(1) substituted (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 2 para. 33