179. Impermissible avoidance arrangement.
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(1) An impermissible avoidance arrangement means an arrangement, the main purpose of which is to obtain a tax benefit, and it— (a) creates rights, or obligations, which are not ordinarily created between persons dealing at arm’s length; (b) results, directly or indirectly, in the misuse, or abuse, of the provisions of this Act; (c) lacks commercial substance or is deemed to lack commercial substance under section 180, in whole or in part; or (d) is entered into, or carried out, by means, or in a manner, which are not ordinarily employed for bona fide purposes. |
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(2) An arrangement shall be presumed, unless it is proved to the contrary by the assessed, to have been entered into, or carried out, for the main purpose of obtaining a tax benefit, if the main purpose of a step in, or a part of, the arrangement is to obtain a tax benefit, irrespective of the fact that the main purpose of the whole arrangement is not to obtain a tax benefit. |