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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.
Dealing with a Debt Relief Order (DRO) including application process
Update: 23 February 2018 - Information for employees, sub-contractors, creditors and suppliers of Carillion in liquidation
This document contains information related to Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and failed companies.
Guidance on the official receivers' duty to deal with the books and records of insolvents.
Dealing with a failure to co-operate by company officers, partners and bankrupts.
Dealing with after-acquired property where a bankrupt acquires property during the period of their bankruptcy
Employment issues
Putting a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in place.
These notices make directors and others responsible for paying the tax debts of companies they've been involved in.
Dealing with an insolvent's solely-owned property where the property has or had tenants
Information on the work of the PPI Team and recovering compensation where the insolvent has been a victim of financial mis-selling cases.
Information about the public register of bankruptcies, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements
If you’ve decided that setting up a company and becoming a director is the best way forward for your business, it’s important to know the rules involved.
Guidance on second or subsequent bankruptcies.
The Insolvency Service's commitment to our customers.
Crown departments
If the official receiver feels that someone who is bankrupt has been dishonest, the court can make a bankruptcy restrictions order.
Insolvency and your limited 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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