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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 official receiver may use debt collection agencies to collect debts and income payments agreements.
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
The role of the Government Debt Management Function (GDMF), the Government Debt Strategy, the Debt Functional Standard, and the the Debt Centre of Excellence
This briefing explains what individuals and businesses should do if they cannot pay what they owe to HMRC.
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.
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.
What you need to know if you are a creditor with a debt listed in a Debt Relief Order (DRO).
How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
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...
We welcome views on how HMRC can modernise its tax debt collection, and on its approach to the small minority of taxpayers who do not engage with the department and deliberately hold off paying their tax for as long as...
Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
Guidance for creditors applying to take a debt recovery step, cancel or amend the ‘breathing space’, or have a debt removed.
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
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