This paper covers:
- payments received to induce the rescheduling or cancellation
- payments made to induce the rescheduling or cancellation
- impact on characterisation for debt/equity purposes
- deferral of cash payment - Div 16E and new TOFA rules
- cross border issues (does IWT or RWT apply?)
- compounding of interest
- payments under guarantees
- suspended interest
- ordinary income and CGT rules for recipient
- possible application of the commercial debt forgiveness and other specific anti-avoidance rules
- closing or selling the business and continuing to pay outgoings (Brown, Jones, Guest).