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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 role of the Government Debt Management Function (GDMF), the Government Debt Strategy, the Debt Functional Standard, and the the Debt Centre of Excellence
The official receiver may use debt collection agencies to collect debts and income payments agreements.
Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
Debt recovery if you're owed money from people or businesses in an EU country.
This Data Usage Agreement between HMRC and Scottish Courts and Tribunal Services for debt collection was approved and put in place in 2023.
This briefing explains what individuals and businesses should do if they cannot pay what they owe to HMRC.
This Tax Information and Impact Note explains the new measure that will increase the amount of debt which can be recovered by coding it out.
Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
A Debt Relief Order (DRO) is a solution to deal with personal debts you cannot pay. It helps you make a fresh start (with some restrictions).
Statistics on the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.
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.
Find documents and other material on the taxation of corporate debt and derivative contracts.
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 Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.
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