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Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
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
You can have debt repayments taken out of your wages if you owe someone…
You can apply to get the payments reduced if you cannot afford them.…
Contact the Centralised Attachment of Earning Payments (CAPS) office to…
You must report any changes in your circumstances if you’re paying off a…
The Centralised Attachment of Earning Payments (CAPS) office will send you…
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
If you owe people money (your ‘creditors’) you can make arrangements to…
If you live in England or Wales, you can get temporary protection from…
A Debt Management Plan is an agreement between you and your creditors to…
An administration order is a way to deal with debt if you have a county…
An Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) is an agreement with your…
Debt Relief Orders (DROs) are one way to deal with your debts if you: owe…
Contact HM Revenue and Customs if you cannot pay your tax bill - get more time to pay or pay in instalments.
How HMRC uses debt enforcement powers, debt collection agencies and what happens if you live abroad when you do not pay your tax bill.
What you need to know if you are a creditor with a debt listed in a Debt Relief Order (DRO).
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
Guidance for insolvency practitioners to help their clients restructure their company’s finances using a debt restructuring scheme or plan.
A Debt Relief Order (DRO) is a solution to deal with personal debts you cannot pay. It helps you make a fresh start (with some restrictions).
How your local council can help if you're struggling to pay Council Tax - and what action they can take to get any money you owe from you
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.
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
How to apply for bankruptcy: how long it lasts, bankruptcy restrictions, what happens to your home and assets when you're bankrupt.
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.
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
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.
This document contains the following information: Agreement between the UK and Jordan concerning the early repayment of certain debt obligations of the government of Jordan.
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.
Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.
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