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If you're owed money in a bankruptcy or company liquidation case, use a Proof of Debt form to register as a creditor and make a claim for the money you're owed
Get a refund or interest if your company pays too much Corporation Tax or pays it early
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
When HMRC will issue a joint and several liability notice to someone connected to a company that has received a tax avoidance or tax evasion penalty and the company has started, or is likely to start, insolvency.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
Dealing with antecedent recoveries other than preferences and transactions at undervalue.
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
This guidance is for company directors who are claiming redundancy related payments from the Insolvency Service.
How HMRC uses debt enforcement powers, debt collection agencies and what happens if you live abroad when you do not pay your tax bill.
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
Directors have specific duties if their company becomes insolvent. These still apply if it is trading or if trading has stopped.
What you need to do or know if your company is sold, stops trading or is being wound up for Corporation Tax purposes.
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.
Check if your company’s or group’s interest deductions for Corporation Tax will be restricted, and if you need to send a Corporate Interest Restriction return.
How to work out payments and when you should make them if your company’s annual taxable profits are between £1.5 million and £20 million.
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