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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.
The official receiver may use debt collection agencies to collect debts and income payments agreements.
This briefing explains what individuals and businesses should do if they cannot pay what they owe to HMRC.
Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
Guidance for small businesses who are considering going to court to recover money they're owed.
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 Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.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
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
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 Includes information from the withdrawn...
Tax credit overpayments - repaying tax credits, repayment methods, what to do if you cannot repay
Benefit overpayments - how they happen, your responsibilities, making repayments to DWP Debt Management, appeal an overpayment decision, Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA)
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.
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