Section 452: Exchange gains and losses where loan not on arm’s length terms
1297.This section provides that, where a guarantor company is connected to the creditor company, a claim under paragraph 6D of Schedule 28AA to ICTA is assumed to apply to exchange gains and losses as well as interest. It is based on paragraph 11A(7) to (10) of Schedule 9 to FA 1996.
1298.Paragraph 6D of Schedule 28AA to ICTA applies where a company has an interest payment reduced by the transfer pricing rules of that Schedule and the loan on which that interest is paid is guaranteed by another company. The guarantor company may make a claim to be treated as if it had itself paid the interest. The guarantor company then obtains the deduction that was disallowed to the paying company. This is called a “compensating adjustment”. The interest is allowed to the extent that an independent lender would take the guarantee into account in determining the borrower’s debt capacity.