Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 504: Diminishing shared ownership arrangements
1395.This section deals with a second type of alternative finance arrangement. It is based on section 47A(1) to (4) of FA 2005. Two persons, at least one of them a financial institution, acquire an interest in an asset. The financial institution receives payments from the other party for that party’s use of the financial institution’s share as well as (usually leasing) payments, with the ownership of the asset passing by degrees to the other party. The other party in the arrangement has full use of the asset being acquired and may grant rights in the asset. Payments made by the other party in excess of the payments for the beneficial interest being acquired are treated as an alternative finance return.