Key legal question
Whether the shareholder loan constituted a hidden distribution of profits taxable as investment income.
Extracted holding
The loan granted in 2002 was a taxable benefit in kind because it was not granted on arm's-length terms and would not have been granted to a third party.
Extracted reasoning
The loan was outside the company's purpose, overwhelmingly large relative to assets, unsecured, interest was capitalized, and no written contract existed when the loan was granted; the later 2005 contract was not relevant.