Commentary on Sections Overview Chapter 9: Application of this Part to groups of companies Section 789: Merger carried out for genuine commercial reasons
2097.This section disapplies the degrouping rules in sections 780 to 787 in the case of company mergers where exploitation of the group rules is not the object. It is based on paragraph 62 of Schedule 29 to FA 2002.
2098.The definition of “merger” in paragraph 62 of Schedule 29 to FA 2002 is restructured to make it clearer. This involves relocating some of the detail of the definition in a separate section (section 790).