With participations, the contractual relationship runs from the borrower to the lead bank and from the lead bank to the participants, whereas with syndications, the financing is provided by each member of the syndicate to the borrower pursuant to a common negotiated agreement with each member of syndicate having a ...
However, the larger balloon payment at the end represents a substantial financial obligation that needs to be carefully planned and managed. Accounting Treatment: The balloon payment is usually recorded as a liability in the financial statements until it becomes due.
The Tax Administration proceeds to recharacterize the related-party profit participating loans into a ordinary senior loans: only «fixed» interest is considered tax deductible and variable interest is reclassified as dividends.