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How HMRC uses debt enforcement powers, debt collection agencies and what happens if you live abroad when you do not pay your tax bill.
Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.
You can make a statutory demand to ask for payment of a debt from an…
Choose the form you need, fill it in and deliver (‘serve’) it to the…
You must deliver (‘serve’) the statutory demand form by: giving it to the…
If you do not agree with a statutory demand you’ve been given, you can…
Contact the Insolvency Enquiry Line for information about delivering and…
When debt payments can be taken from your wages, changing how much you pay, paying it off early, and reporting a change to your circumstances
Local pay reports from the NHS Pay Review Body, School Teachers' Senior Salaries Review Body and Prison Service Pay Review Body, 2012.
Guidance for businesses explaining the rules on payment surcharges.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
How to use VAT margin schemes - records you need to keep, invoicing and VAT return reporting
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
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