PART XVII TAX AVOIDANCE
CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS
Other provisions
C1787 Restriction of relief for payments of interest.
M11
Relief shall not be given to any person under any provision of the Tax Acts in respect of any payment of interest if a scheme has been effected or arrangements have been made (whether before or after the time when the payment is made) such that the sole or main benefit that might be expected to accrue to that person from the transaction under which the interest is paid was the obtaining of a reduction in tax liability by means of any such relief.
F11A
This section has effect in relation to Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships) but taking the reference in subsection (1) above to giving relief to any person in respect of any payment of interest as including a reference to the bringing into account by any person in accordance with that Chapter of any debit in respect of interest (whether a payment or not); and other references in this section to relief shall be construed accordingly.
2
In this section “relief” means relief by way of deduction in computing profits or gains or deduction or set off against income or total profits.
F23
Where the relief is claimed by virtue of section 403—
a
in respect of a deficit to which section 83 of the Finance Act 1996 applies (non-trading deficit on loan relationships), or
b
in respect of trading losses, in a case where in computing those losses debits in respect of loan relationships are treated under section 82(2)(b) of that Act as expenses of the trade which are deductible in computing the profits of the trade,
any question under this section as to what benefit might be expected to accrue from the transaction in question shall be determined by reference to the claimant company and the surrendering company taken together.