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Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
You can claim interest and debt recovery costs if another business is late…
The interest you can charge if another business is late paying for goods…
You can also charge a business a fixed sum for the cost of recovering a…
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
You have to present a bankruptcy petition to a court if you want to…
To make someone bankrupt you must be owed one of the following: at least…
You must check if the debtor has had any bankruptcy petitions against them…
The bankruptcy petition form you fill in depends on whether: the debtor…
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
This briefing sets out HMRC's approach to collecting tax debts and customer support as the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
Find out how to account for VAT and who to contact if you're an insolvency practitioner and you're appointed over insolvent VAT-registered businesses.
How your local council can help if you're struggling to pay Council Tax - and what action they can take to get any money you owe from you
How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
How to apply for bankruptcy online: how much it costs, get help paying the fee, what you’ll need
This briefing explains what individuals and businesses should do if they cannot pay what they owe to HMRC.
Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
When debt payments can be taken from your wages, changing how much you pay, paying it off early, and reporting a change to your circumstances
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