{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009/section-782",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009/section-782.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009",
  "path": "section/782",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "782",
  "heading": "Certain transferees of businesses etc not treated as leaving group",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if—\n(a) the relevant asset is transferred in the course of a transfer of business to which section 820 applies or which includes such a transfer as is mentioned in section 116(2)(b)(iii) of TIOPA 2010 and in respect of which section 117 of that Act applies (European cross-border transfers of business), and\n(b) in consequence of the transfer the transferee ceases to be a member of a group (“Group 1”).\n(2) For the purposes of section 780, the transferee is not treated as having left Group 1.\n(3) If as a result of the transfer the transferee becomes a member of another group (“Group 2”), it is treated for the purposes of section 780 as if Group 1 and Group 2 were the same.\n(4) References in this section to “the transferee” and “the relevant asset” must be read in accordance with section 780.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 782(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 94(a) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 782(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 94(b) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 8 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 148 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 88(1)(2)(7) (with s. 147, Sch. 17)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/4/section/782",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:19.560467+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}