Section 453: Connected parties deriving benefit from creditor relationships
1299.This section provides that if a company receives less than a commercial return under a loan relationship and, in consequence, a connected company derives benefit as a result of that relationship, credits representing that benefit are brought into account in computing the creditor company’s gains. It is based on section 93C of FA 1996. This counters an avoidance device whereby a company arranges for the equivalent value of interest that would otherwise be received to be passed by the borrower to a connected company which is not a party to the relationship.