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Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
If you owe people money (your ‘creditors’) you can make arrangements to…
If you live in England or Wales, you can get temporary protection from…
A Debt Management Plan is an agreement between you and your creditors to…
An administration order is a way to deal with debt if you have a county…
An Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) is an agreement with your…
Debt Relief Orders (DROs) are one way to deal with your debts if you: owe…
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.
Guidance for insolvency practitioners to help their clients restructure their company’s finances using a debt restructuring scheme or plan.
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.
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.
Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
The DMO carries out the government’s debt management policy of minimising financing costs over the long term, taking account of risk. We minimise the cost of offsetting the government’s net cash flows over time, while operating in a risk appetite...
This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.
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