F1Part 21CTainted charity donations

Tainted donations

939DCircumstances in which financial advantage deemed to be obtained

(1)

This section applies for the purposes of Condition B.

(2)

Subsection (3) applies where the arrangements entered into by the linked person (as mentioned in Condition A) involve a transaction to which—

(a)

that or another linked person (“X”), and

(b)

another person (“Y”),

are parties.

(3)

X obtains a financial advantage from the charity to which the donation is made or a connected charity if—

(a)

the terms of the transaction are less beneficial to Y or more beneficial to X (or both) than those which might reasonably be expected in a transaction concluded between parties dealing at arm's length, or

(b)

the transaction is not of a kind which a person dealing at arm's length and in place of Y might reasonably be expected to make.

(4)

Nothing in this section is intended to limit the circumstances in which a linked person may be regarded as obtaining a financial advantage for the purposes of section 939C.

(5)

In this section—

“ Condition A ” and “ Condition B ” have the same meaning as in section 939C;

“ linked person ” has the meaning given by section 939C(3);

“ transaction ” includes (for example)—

(a)

the sale or letting of property,

(b)

the provision of services,

(c)

the exchange of property,

(d)

the provision of a loan or any other form of financial assistance, and

(e)

investment in a business.