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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.
If someone owes you money, you can use this form (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
If you're owed money in a bankruptcy or company liquidation case, use a Proof of Debt form to register as a creditor and make a claim for the money you're owed
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
This briefing sets out HMRC's approach to collecting tax debts and customer support as the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
This page provides links to guidance produced by, or relating to, the Insolvency Service
Guidance for creditors of a debt that has been placed in a ‘breathing space’.
This Tax Information and Impact Note explains the new measure that will increase the amount of debt which can be recovered by coding it out.
The Chief Inspector of Prisons triggered the urgent notification process for HMP Bedford on 17 November 2023.
How to make debt deductions from an employee's pay because of an 'attachment of earnings order' (AEO) from a court. Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.
This briefing explains what individuals and businesses should do if they cannot pay what they owe to HMRC.
How to notify DWP to stop or restart deductions from benefits for fuel, water or rent arrears when a debtor starts or ends a ‘Breathing Space’.
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