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Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

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2018

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Transfer Of A Going Concern, Vincent Ooi Dec 2018

Transfer Of A Going Concern, Vincent Ooi

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

GST transfers of a going concern—overviewThe sale of a business is in substance the sale of a number of assets bundled together. Generally, GST would be charged on the transfer of each asset according to the rules applicable to that asset, i.e. standard-rate, zero-rate or exempt.However, where a business is transferred as a going concern (a “TOGC”), the transaction may be treated as an excluded transaction under the Goods and Services Tax (Excluded Transactions) Order. If so, the trans-action would be treated as neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services and therefore outside the scope of GST. …