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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
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
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
Check timescales for the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to process your work (eg prior authority application, graduated fee claims).
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
How to take legal action if someone owes you money (small claims court), how much it costs, what happens next. Includes information from withdrawn guidance EX303, EX304, EX306, EX321, EX325 and EX350.
This briefing explains what individuals and businesses should do if they cannot pay what they owe to HMRC.
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.
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
This tax information and impact note affects individuals and businesses who have debts of over £1,000 payable to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs under or by virtue of an enactment or under a contract settlement.
Budget 2013 announced that the government would improve the way in which uses tax codes as a way to collect tax and debts due to HMRC (coding out). The government consulted on this measure in 2013.
The CMA is investigating the anticipated acquisition by Nationwide Building Society of Virgin Money UK PLC.
The Insolvency and Companies List was formerly known as the Bankruptcy Court. We handle petitions to bankrupt individuals living in London where a creditor has made the petition and is owed £50,000 or more. If the petition is less than...
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