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A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
This page provides links to guidance produced by, or relating to, the Insolvency Service
If a limited company owes you money, you can use Form SD1 (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.
Search the Individual Insolvency Register for details about bankruptcy orders, Debt Relief Orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements, and restrictions orders and undertakings
How to repay a charge that was due to a dissolved company and is now due to the Crown.
Get information on bankruptcy, redundancy, paying off your debts, company insolvency and misconduct of trading companies and partnerships.
Get contact details for official receivers in England and Wales
How VAT default interest works, when HMRC charges it, and what to do if you think we’ve charged you too much interest.
This briefing explains what individuals and businesses should do if they cannot pay what they owe to HMRC.
How to reclaim bona vacantia after a dissolved company is restored to the register.
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.
We welcome views on how HMRC can modernise its tax debt collection, and on its approach to the small minority of taxpayers who do not engage with the department and deliberately hold off paying their tax for as long as...
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