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How HMRC uses debt enforcement powers, debt collection agencies and what happens if you live abroad when you do not pay your tax bill.
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…
This briefing sets out HMRC's approach to collecting tax debts and customer support as the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
Contact HM Revenue and Customs if you cannot pay your tax bill - get more time to pay or pay in instalments.
Find out about repayment and remission of customs duties by HMRC and how to apply.
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn...
Use this service if you need to repay debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Check if you can claim for bad debt relief if a customer is insolvent and can no longer pay what they owe for taxable aggregate.
Guidance for creditors applying to take a debt recovery step, cancel or amend the ‘breathing space’, or have a debt removed.
Get free, confidential and independent advice on dealing with debt problems across the UK - telephone, fax, opening hours, website
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.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
What happens if you underpay import or export duties and who is responsible for the debt.
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