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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…
The official receiver may use debt collection agencies to collect debts and income payments agreements.
How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
When debt payments can be taken from your wages, changing how much you pay, paying it off early, and reporting a change to your circumstances
Statistics on the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.
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 Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
First Tier Property Residential Tribunal Decision of Mr Jagger 31 October 2022
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
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 Includes information from the withdrawn...
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
Guidance on debt relief orders for debt advisers. To search, press ‘control’ and ‘f’ on your keyboard at the same time. A search box will appear.
This briefing explains what individuals and businesses should do if they cannot pay what they owe to HMRC.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Cohen and Mr M Taylor MRICS on 23 January 2023
How your local council can help if you're struggling to pay Council Tax - and what action they can take to get any money you owe from you
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Tagliavini on 21 August 2019
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