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Details on RP14 and RP14A upload
Complain to the Insolvency Service if a director or sole trader is re-using the name (or a similar name) of a company in compulsory or creditors’ voluntary liquidation.
This document contains information related to company investigations and The Insolvency Service.
Powers, duties and functions of the Official Receiver including situations where those powers are limited by law or by internal operational rules
Directors have specific duties if their company becomes insolvent. These still apply if it is trading or if trading has stopped.
Dear IP is updated quarterly and issued by the Insolvency Service to insolvency practitioners and other interested stakeholders
Corporation Tax and VAT for limited companies.
Guidance and further information for insolvency practitioners about the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).
Actions to take in the initial stages of a company winding-up, including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
Dealing with an insolvent's freehold or leasehold property, including action to be taken to protect an interest in the property, steps to be taken where the property is the bankrupt's 'family home' and dealin…
This guidance deals with the circumstances in which the Registrar of Companies may dissolve a company
When you become the director of a limited company, you should be aware of the legal requirements and duties involved.
How the accounting systems in relation to insolvent estates operate and the legislative basis for the accounting for fees and expenses relating to the work of the official receiver.
Income Tax and National Insurance contributions must be deducted from any wages paid to company employees.
A guide to what happens to a PPI claim after someone has been made bankrupt in England and Wales.
Detailed information about the restrictions on the re-use of company names, when a director can re-use a company name after insolvent liquidation, how to apply for permission to use a prohibited name and how to complain.
Information on the Taking Control of Goods Act and other remedies available to creditors.
Guidance on appointing an insolvency practitioner and handing over the estate. Including the use of the official receivers' rotas and vacancies in office.
This is purely a bankruptcy procedure. Information on procedure and the official receiver's role in applications for annulment of the order.
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