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How to take legal action if someone owes you money (small claims court), how much it costs, what happens next. Includes information from withdrawn guidance EX303, EX304, EX306, EX321, EX325 and EX350.
You can apply to a county court to claim money you’re owed by a person or…
You must pay a court fee when you make your claim. If you know the claim…
You can claim interest on the money you’re owed. The interest will be…
You can make your claim online, unless: you do not know how much money you…
Your claim, including your name and address, will be sent to the person or…
Mediation is when an impartial professional (the mediator) helps both…
If there’s a hearing, you can: represent yourself pay for a barrister or…
You can ask the court to collect payment from the person or business who…
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
Guidance on getting extra payments to help with the cost of living if you’re entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.
Your responsibilities as litigation friend of a child with money in a Court Funds Office account - update details, statements, tax vouchers, payments
Bursaries and scholarships from universities or colleges including hardship funds.
Value for money metrics and reporting - annex to the Global Accounts 2023
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim
Value the estate of someone who's died so that you can get probate: work out if tax is due, check how to report the estate's value, complete the correct form.
How to report expenses and benefits you provide to employees or directors.
Find out how to make sure that your charity’s money is safe, properly used and accounted for.
How to pay Inheritance Tax: get a reference number, payment methods, use the deceased's bank account, National Savings and Investments, government stock, yearly instalments.
Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.
This collections documents the yearly Money Advice Service: annual report and accounts
Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money
Form CH20: Result of account of money due.
How to tax a beneficial loan arrangement for a director or employee.
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