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Help to understand debts and deductions taken from Universal Credit payments and who to contact about your debts and deductions if you're struggling financially.
This Tax Information and Impact Note is about direct recovery of debts due to HM Revenue and Customs from debtors' bank and building society accounts.
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.
Northern Region Judge K Southby and Member Mr J Platt sitting on 23 January 2023
Consultation about a new power which will allow HMRC to recover debts from the accounts of debtors who are able to pay what they owe but have chosen not to do so.
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.
Appeal a debt adviser’s decision to include your address in a ‘breathing space’ for a debt that you owe.
The Vulnerability Toolkit and the Economic Abuse Toolkit have been designed to help public sector creditors identify and support their vulnerable customers experiencing a range of difficulties. They may also be useful to other organisations and businesses.
Northern Region Judge K M Southby and Valuer W Reynolds Sitting on 30 April 2019
The official receiver may use debt collection agencies to collect debts and income payments agreements.
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