756.This section deals with an arrangement whereby an asset is purchased by a financial institution and then sold to another person with the payment by that second person left on credit. It is based on section 47(1) to (3) of FA 2005. The corresponding rule for corporation tax is section 503 of CTA 2009.
757.The price paid by that second person exceeds the price paid by the financial institution. The difference between the two prices equates to the return from an investment at interest and is treated as alternative finance return (see new section 564I of ITA).