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How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
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.
A Debt Relief Order (DRO) is a solution to deal with personal debts you cannot pay. It helps you make a fresh start (with some restrictions).
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
When debt payments can be taken from your wages, changing how much you pay, paying it off early, and reporting a change to your circumstances
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.
Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
What happens if you underpay import or export duties and who is responsible for the debt.
What you need to know if you are a creditor with a debt listed in a Debt Relief Order (DRO).
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
The role of the Government Debt Management Function (GDMF), the Government Debt Strategy, the Debt Functional Standard, and the the Debt Centre of Excellence
Contact HM Revenue and Customs if you cannot pay your tax bill - get more time to pay or pay in instalments.
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn...
How HMRC uses debt enforcement powers, debt collection agencies and what happens if you live abroad when you do not pay your tax bill.
As changes to Debt Relief Orders come into force this week, we talk to the Insolvency Service’s Andrew Shore, who has overseen the change, to find out all you need to know.
Guidance for insolvency practitioners to help their clients restructure their company’s finances using a debt restructuring scheme or plan.
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 review draws mainly from studies that focus on debt reduction episodes, fiscal adjustment and its impact on the economy
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
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