Part 5U.K.Loan Relationships

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 5 applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. 24 paras. 13-16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 24 para. 15(2)(3)

C2Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 990(5), 1184(1) (with Sch. 2)

C3Pt. 5 modified (15.11.2011 for specified purposes, 30.3.2012 for E.W.) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss., 240(5)(o), Sch. 24 para. 5; S.I. 2012/628, art. 3(b)

C5Pt. 5 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 148 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 88(1)(2)(7) (with s. 147, Sch. 17)

C7Pt. 5 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Taxation of Regulatory Capital Securities Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3209), regs. 1(1), 11(3)-(6)

C8Pt. 5 modified by 2010 c. 4, s. 356NC(1)-(4) (as inserted (1.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 16 paras. 4, 6)

C9Pt. 5 modified by 2010 c. 4, s. 356NB(1)-(4) (as inserted (1.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 16 paras. 4, 6)

C10Pt. 5 modified by 2007 c. 3, s. 809FZZ(9) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 37(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 37(2))

Chapter 6U.K.Connected companies relationships: impairment losses and releases of debts

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C11Pt. 5 Chs. 6-8 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 601, 1184(1) (with Sch. 2)

Deemed debt releases on impaired debts becoming held by connected companyU.K.

[F1362ACorporate rescue: debt released shortly after connection arisesU.K.

(1)This section applies if—

(a)the case is one in which section 362 would otherwise apply,

(b)within 60 days after C and D become connected, C releases D's liability to pay an amount under the loan relationship, and

(c)the corporate rescue conditions are met.

(2)If the release is of the whole debt, section 362 does not apply by reason of C and D becoming connected.

(3)If the release is of part of the debt, the amount that C is treated by section 362 as having released when it became connected with D is reduced (but not below nil) by the amount actually released.

(4)The corporate rescue conditions are—

(a)that C and D became connected as a result of an arm's length transaction, and

(b)that immediately before C and D became connected it was reasonable to assume that, without the connection and any arrangements of which the connection forms part, there would be a material risk that at some time within the next 12 months D would have been unable to pay its debts.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (4)(b), a company is unable to pay its debts if—

(a)it is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, or

(b)the value of the company's assets is less than the amount of its liabilities, taking into account its contingent and prospective liabilities.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 362A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 Pt. 6 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 7 para. 39