A ltd owns 100% of B Ltd. A is a trading entity, B isn't. A trades from building P. A purchased P, then sold a 99% equitable interest to B for a .25% RPI linked Unsecured Perpetual Anuity Bond and used that cash (DLA funded) to pay the original sellers. A is holding B's 99% of P on trust. A's Balance Sheet shows the entire value of P.
I don't know why this happened, it was before my time.
The question is, what does B need to report in it's accounts? A is showing the property, so I'm thinking just the loan; so Cr DLA, Dr Annuity Bond debtor, then the annuity payments are Dr bank, Cr Annuity Bond, and I can file under FRS105.
What do you think?
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B is paying 0.25% (say £1 for ease) pa to A for it's purchase of the 99% interest in the property. Legal title remains with A, and the full propertyy value is on A's Balance Sheet. The property title is in the name of A not B, so B doesn't have any asset on it's Balance Sheet. Am I right in thinking that a 400 year payment agreement against the hope of making a gain if the property is sold shouldn't be a creditor on B's Balance Sheet? I am proposing to just expense the £1 payments each year in B's P&L and have it as income in A's P&L - what do people think of that as a plan?
Thanks (again)
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Yes you need to reflect the sale of the 99% interest, which from what you say has not been reflected in the book-keeping so far.
You also seem to be saying that the acquisition of the annuity bond has been omitted from B’s book-keeping.
I know exactly why it happened. It was an SDLT scheme (that doesn't work). See: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tax/news/stamp-duty-dodge-thrown-court-five-...
http://financeandtax.decisions.tribunals.gov.uk/judgmentfiles/j11296/TC0...
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/m-m-builders-norfolk-ltd-v-h...