Section 506 Profit share agency arrangements

United Kingdom

(1)

This section applies to arrangements if under them—

F1(a)

a person (“the principal”) appoints an agent,

(ab)

one or both of the principal and agent is a financial institution,

(b)

the agent uses money provided by the principal with a view to producing a profit,

(c)

the principal is entitled, to a specified extent, to profits resulting from the use of the money,

(d)

the agent is entitled to any additional profits resulting from its use (and may also be entitled to a fee paid by the principal), and

(e)

payments made because of the principal's entitlement to profits equate, in substance, to the return on an investment of money at interest.

(2)

This section is subject to section 508 (provision not at arm's length: exclusion of arrangements from sections 503 to 505, this section and section 507).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 506(1)(a)(ab) substituted for s. 506(1)(a) (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by Alternative Finance Arrangements (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2568), arts. 1(2), 3(3)

Notes on Part 6

Modifications

C1: Pt. 6 modified (for the tax year 2026-27 and subsequent tax years (but in relation to investment management services whenever performed)) by 2005 c. 5, Sch. A1 para. 35(7) (as inserted by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 58(6), Sch. 11 para. 1)