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Commentary

V2.226 Business transferred as a going concern (TOGC)

Part V2 Registration – deregistration

The paragraph looks at the transfer of a business as a going concern (TOGC).

The disposition of a business as a going concern is a supply made in the course or furtherance of business. So is the disposition of the assets or liabilities of a business1.

This paragraph considers:

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý the consequences of a transfer of a going concern

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý the meaning of 'going concern'

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý the conditions attached to the 'de-supply' of the transfer of a going concern

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    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý TOGCs in particular circumstances – including property rental businesses and transfers into and out of VAT groups

For an overview of VAT and business more broadly, see V2.201B.

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Whether a business is transferred as a going concern is important as it has several potential consequences for VAT purposes. The major consequences are set out below.

Potential de-supply

Where a TOGC fulfils certain conditions (ie those set out in SI 1995/1268, arts 5(1)–(3)) the supply of goodwill, premises,

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