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What you need to know if you were a director of a company that became insolvent and you want to start another one.
Dividends are payments made to shareholders from company profits after Corporation Tax.
This chapter provides advice on dealing with pensions
When starting again can be, or can lead to, misconduct.
Appointing a new director to your limited company.
Guidance on appointing an insolvency practitioner and handing over the estate. Including the use of the official receivers' rotas and vacancies in office.
Guidance on obtaining information from third parties and the disclosure of information (including Legal Professional Privilege).
Guidance on property which falls outside the bankruptcy estate and dealing with claims that property is excluded.
Rights of action
Discharge from bankruptcy, including suspending a bankrupt's period of discharge in cases of non-cooperation
The 2021 IVA Protocol should not be used after 30 June 2025 . These documents are for reference only.
Information on dealing with applications for appeal, stay or rescission of a bankruptcy order or winding-up order. Includes information on orders protecting persons at risk of violence.
Use the checklist when completing your application for financial assistance for making redundancy payments.
Guidance on dealing with transactions at undervalue and preferences
As a director, there are general duties you are expected to perform.
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.
This document contains information related to the effect of a disqualification order.
These notices make directors and others responsible for paying the tax debts of companies they've been involved in.
Think carefully before you borrow money for your company.
Members’ Voluntary Liquidation (MVL) is used when a company can pay its debts but the members (shareholders) want to close it.
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