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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…
Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.
You can make a statutory demand to ask for payment of a debt from an…
Choose the form you need, fill it in and deliver (‘serve’) it to the…
You must deliver (‘serve’) the statutory demand form by: giving it to the…
If you do not agree with a statutory demand you’ve been given, you can…
Contact the Insolvency Enquiry Line for information about delivering and…
Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.
Companies wound-up by the High Court following Insolvency Service investigations
Collection page containing reports on departmental spending over £25,000
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
Find out how to account for VAT and who to contact if you're an insolvency practitioner and you're appointed over insolvent VAT-registered businesses.
How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
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