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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…
Find out what you need to do to disincorporate a company and start running it yourself.
Making changes to your company - passing resolutions, changing addesses and where your records are kept, your company name and type, directors' and secretaries' details, share structure, constitution
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
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