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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
What you need to do or know if your company is sold, stops trading or is being wound up for Corporation Tax purposes.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
You can choose to liquidate your limited company (also called ‘winding up’…
A director can propose a company stops trading and be liquidated (‘wound…
A director can ask a court to order the company to stop trading and be…
You may choose members’ voluntary liquidation if your company is ‘solvent’…
The liquidator is an authorised insolvency practitioner or official…
When a liquidator is appointed, directors: no longer have control of the…
Your company’s bank account will be frozen when someone files a petition…
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
Frequently asked questions on the Levelling Up Fund Round 2.
Small businesses can record income and expenses when money is actually paid rather than when they've invoiced or received
Apply to cancel a winding up (liquidation) order so your company can continue to trade - find out the form you need and what happens at the hearing
Use this form to apply to the court to close or wind up a company if it can't pay its debts. This is also known as 'compulsory liquidation'.
Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.
How to end a commercial lease early, what happens if you break the terms of your lease, use a clause in your agreement
If you're close to exceeding your monthly duty deferment limit, you can make an early payment to increase your available balance.
HMRC is aware of a contractor arrangement which claims to avoid the 2019 loan charge by transferring ownership of shares in a Personal Service Company (PSC).
Find out what information you must send with a transfer of funds if you’re a payment service provider.
Find out what’s involved and how to apply for funding to support the planting and establishment of standard trees in urban and peri-urban areas in England.
Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.
Company wound-up in the public interest after investigations by the Insolvency Service
When HMRC will issue a joint and several liability notice to individuals who have been involved with companies which have become insolvent and have a tax liability with HMRC.
This sets out the decision-making process for selecting successful bids to Round 2 of the Levelling Up Fund, in line with the approach set out in the Levelling Up Fund Round 2 prospectus and technical note.
This guide provides information about being arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and what conditions are like in prison there.
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