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The official receiver may use debt collection agencies to collect debts and income payments agreements.
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 role of the Government Debt Management Function (GDMF), the Government Debt Strategy, the Debt Functional Standard, and the the Debt Centre of Excellence
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.
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
Guidance for creditors applying to take a debt recovery step, cancel or amend the ‘breathing space’, or have a debt removed.
This briefing explains what individuals and businesses should do if they cannot pay what they owe to HMRC.
How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
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.
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
What you need to know if you are a creditor with a debt listed in a Debt Relief Order (DRO).
Collection of monies owed to an insolvent, including the process for engaging contracted agents to undertake the recovery
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