European cases on TOGC relief

In order for TOGC relief to be available when part of a business is transferred, the economic activity must not change as a result of the transfer. Further, what is to be transferred must be more than a bundle of disparate assets, it must be capable of putting the transferee in possession of something that can be operated as a business. The recent case of AB SKF opens up a new possibility that a share sale can be treated as a TOGC and this offers an opportunity for increased VAT recovery.