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An anti-avoidance provision applies where a company is, or is treated as being, a party to a derivative contract and as a result of tax avoidance arrangements to which the company is at any time a party, an amount is, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, not fully recognised for an accounting period in respect of the derivative contract¹. An amount is not regarded as being fully recognised in respect of the derivative contract where either no amount is recognised in the company's accounts or an amount is only recognised in respect of part of the contract².

Arrangements are tax avoidance arrangements if the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of any party to the arrangements in entering into them, is to obtain a tax advantage³. Arrangements in turn are defined as including any arrangements, scheme or understanding of any kind, whether or not legally enforceable, involving a single transaction or two or more transactions⁴. For the purposes of this provision a company is