On the property transferring.
The companies can be in a VAT group, so no VAT is charged.
Similarly, Stamp Duty Land Tax is avoided if the companies are at least 75% owned by the same person.
(These are land transactions, not financial).
El Pres has mentioned the Derby manoeuvre previously.
It is a smoke and mirrors transaction, in the same way that QPR tried to treat a write off of Fernandes loans as ‘income’ in their Profit and Loss Account in an attempt to boost income/profits, to circumvent FFP.