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If you owe someone money and they've taken you to court, use this form to list your finances and state whether you can pay the debt in full or in instalments.
During Debt Awareness Week, we talk to Neil Sutton, a senior leader within the bankruptcy and Debt Relief Order teams at the Insolvency Service, about some of the options that can help people on their journey out of debt.
Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.
Check if you can claim for bad debt relief if a customer is insolvent and can no longer pay what they owe for taxable aggregate.
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
Collection of monies owed to an insolvent, including the process for engaging contracted agents to undertake the recovery
Details of the definition of a creditor and rights to participate in insolvency proceedings
If someone owes you money, you can use this form (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.
Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
This Debt Fairness Charter is for people who owe personal debt to central government. It outlines how people repaying these debts should be treated.
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
If a limited company owes you money, you can use Form SD1 (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.
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.
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