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Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments

• When a payment becomes late

  You can claim interest and debt recovery costs if another business is late…

• Interest on late commercial payments

  The interest you can charge if another business is late paying for goods…

• Claim debt recovery costs on late payments

  You can also charge a business a fixed sum for the cost of recovering a…

Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended.

• What counts as a fixed-term contract

  Employees are on a fixed-term contract if both of the following apply:…

• Employees' rights

  Employers must not treat workers on fixed-term contracts less favourably…

• Renewing or ending a fixed-term contract

  Ending a fixed-term contract Fixed-term contracts will normally end…

• Updated: 28 January 2026

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

Find out about our Direct Lending Facility: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.

• Updated: 25 July 2025

Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance

This applies to partners in partnerships which have adopted simplified expenses for Income Tax purposes.

• Updated: 9 December 2015

Check if an investor qualifies for an ISA and what to do when an investor dies.

• Updated: 22 November 2024

Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.

• Updated: 29 October 2021

Flat Rate VAT scheme - eligibility, thresholds, flat rates of VAT and joining or leaving the scheme.