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How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
When a company is dissolved, all of its assets pass to the Crown and are…
You may be able to apply for a court order to restore a company if: you…
You may be able to claim or buy an asset belonging to a dissolved company…
You may be able to get back a dissolved company’s assets if you were one…
Paying Corporation Tax when your limited company sells an asset for more than it paid - includes chargeable gains, intangible assets, working out inflation
Your limited company usually pays Corporation Tax on the profit…
The gain is usually the difference between what you paid for the asset and…
‘Intangible assets’ include intellectual property and business reputation…
Tax and reporting rules for employers who make assets available to employees
As an employer making assets available for use by your employees, you have…
You do not have to report anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or pay…
If the asset is not exempt, you must report it to HM Revenue and Customs…
There are 2 steps to working out how much your asset is worth: Take the…
The following guide contains more detailed information: assets placed at…
Find out what you need to do to disincorporate a company and start running it yourself.
What you need to know if you were a director of a company that became insolvent and you want to start another one.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
How to make a negligible value claim for unquoted shares, and how to check if shares previously quoted on the London Stock Exchange now have negligible value.
How to complete your CT600 Company Tax Return form for Corporation Tax and what information you need to include.
Your responsibilities as a company director after your company has been liquidated - helping the official receiver, settling debts, what you can and cannot do.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
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