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Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.
During Debt Awareness Week, we talk to Neil Sutton, a senior leader within the bankruptcy and Debt Relief Order teams at the Insolvency Service, about some of the options that can help people on their journey out of debt.
Guidance on debt relief orders for debt advisers. To search, press ‘control’ and ‘f’ on your keyboard at the same time. A search box will appear.
What you need to know if you are a creditor with a debt listed in a Debt Relief Order (DRO).
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
How to make debt deductions from an employee's pay because of an 'attachment of earnings order' (AEO) from a court. Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
This Debt Fairness Charter is for people who owe personal debt to central government. It outlines how people repaying these debts should be treated.
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
Guidance for individuals investing in peer to peer loans, reporting interest and claiming losses from loans that default.
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