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As company director, you take on many legal requirements and duties. You must know what they are and when you need to complete them.
Guidance for debt advisers who need to create and submit a DRO application.
The law states you must keep a record of any money you borrow from, or pay into, your company. Our fact sheet tells you more about director's loan accounts.
Rights of action
Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
Details on RP14 and RP14A upload
Guidance on appointing an insolvency practitioner and handing over the estate. Including the use of the official receivers' rotas and vacancies in office.
Powers, duties and functions of the Official Receiver including situations where those powers are limited by law or by internal operational rules
Obtaining Income Payments Agreements (IPA) and Income Payments Orders (IPO) from bankrupts, including the matters to be taken into account when calculating the sum to be paid
A Protective Award is compensation awarded by an employment tribunal because your employer did not consult with you before you were made redundant.
Guidance to help you calculate your average rate of pay so that you can apply for redundancy related payments from the Insolvency Service.
How to claim money back from a person that is bankrupt or a company that is in liquidation.
The protocol is a voluntary agreement, which provides an agreed standard framework for dealing with straightforward consumer IVAs and applies to both IVA providers and creditors.
Full guidance on what happens when you're made bankrupt.
This document contains information related to company investigations and The Insolvency Service.
Dividends are payments made to shareholders from company profits after Corporation Tax.
Corporation Tax and VAT for limited companies.
Dealing with an insolvent's motor vehicle, including matters to be taken into account before the vehicle is sold
Disclaiming property of the insolvency where that property is onerous, including the process to be followed for an effective disclaimer
Details of the definition of a creditor and rights to participate in insolvency proceedings
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