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How to tax a beneficial loan arrangement for a director or employee.

• Updated: 30 December 2019

Loan sharks are unregulated moneylenders - if you use or spot one you can report them anonymously

Advanced Learner Loan and the Bursary Fund help with college or training course costs - funding, how to apply, application forms, repayments

• Overview

  You can apply for an Advanced Learner Loan to help with the costs of a…

• What you'll get

  How much you get depends on: the type of course your course fees the…

• Eligibility

  Whether you qualify for an Advanced Learner Loan depends on your: age…

• How to apply

  Check with your college or training provider that the course qualifies.…

• Bursary fund

  You may apply to get money from the Loan Bursary Fund after you’ve…

We are a non-profit making government-owned organisation that administers loans and grants to students in colleges and universities in the UK. SLC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Education .

• Updated: 23 June 2023

Find out about our Direct Lending Facility: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.

• Updated: 25 July 2025

Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) helps homeowners on certain benefits pay interest on loans or mortgages - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim.

Guidance for individuals investing in peer to peer loans, reporting interest and claiming losses from loans that default.

• Updated: 6 April 2016

Find out about the General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) Advisory Panel opinions on arrangements that rewarded employees and contractors with contrived loans.

• Updated: 16 January 2019

You can no longer apply for the Help to Build Equity Loan. Find out what happens after you’ve applied and how to make a complaint.

Think carefully before you borrow money for your company.

• Updated: 7 July 2023