539Introduction to Chapter
(1)This Chapter deals with the application of Part 5 to manufactured interest relationships and payments representative of interest.
(2)For the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts a company has a manufactured interest relationship if conditions A and B are met.
(3)Condition A is that—
(a)an amount is payable by or on behalf of the company or to the company under any arrangements, and
(b)the arrangements relate to the transfer of an asset representing a loan relationship.
(4)Condition B is that the amount—
(a)is representative of interest under the loan relationship, or
(b)will fall to be treated as representative of such interest when it is paid.
(5)In this Chapter—
“manufactured interest”, in relation to a manufactured interest relationship, means an amount within subsection (3)(a), and
“the real interest” means the interest mentioned in subsection (4)(a).
(6)References in the Corporation Tax Acts to a company being a party to a manufactured interest relationship are to be read in accordance with this section.
(7)For cases where a payment representative of interest is treated as having been made for the purposes of this Chapter, see section 736B(2) of ICTA (deemed manufactured payments in the case of stock lending arrangements).