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Income Support is extra money to help people on a low income or none at all - rates, eligibility and how to claim
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.
Individual credit officers are 28% less likely to assess applications correctly when soft information (e.g. caste of applicant) is provided
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
This paper examines the effects of high interest rates charged by microfinance institutions who lend lend money to poor people
Help to understand debts and deductions taken from Universal Credit payments and who to contact about your debts and deductions if you're struggling financially.
Guidance on claiming Universal Credit if you're a student.
If a tenant is having difficulty paying their rent, apply for a Managed Payment to Landlord using the Apply for a Direct Rent Payment service to request payment of rent from a tenant’s Universal Credit.
Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment
If you're an energy producer, supplier or customer, check what records and accounts to keep to help you complete returns and claim any reliefs or exemptions.
Apply for a refugee integration loan if you're over 18 and you're either a refugee, you've been given humanitarian protection or you're the dependant of a refugee or someone who's been given humanitarian protection - what you'll get, how you're...
Think carefully before you borrow money for your company.
Information for employers on how Universal Credit and earnings are worked out, employers' responsibilities and support available.
Credit information sharing reduces financial fragility in advanced and developing countries, but transmission channels are different
Find out about the General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) Advisory Panel opinions on arrangements that rewarded employees and contractors with contrived loans.
We advise on the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing fuel poverty, and encourage greater co-ordination across the organisations working to reduce fuel poverty. CFP is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Energy Security and Net...
You can no longer apply for a Help to Buy: Equity Loan - find out about interest rates and how to manage your Help to Buy: Equity Loan.
How tax credits affect your benefits including Child Benefit and Housing Benefit
Your and your company's responsibilities - repaying director's loans, interest, tax on loans, reporting to HM Revenue and Customs
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