Processing delays relating to tax clearance requests — insolvency practitioner bulletin 9 (2022)
Published 31 January 2025
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Tax clearance requests in members’ voluntary liquidations
In our Insolvency practitioner bulletin 7 (2022): how to request tax clearance in members’ voluntary liquidations, we told you we’d changed the process for giving tax clearance in members’ voluntary liquidations cases so that all requests for Corporation Tax, PAYE and VAT could be emailed to our EIS MVL Team, at: mvl.teameisw@hmrc.gov.uk.
Unfortunately, we’ve had a significant increase in clearance requests, multiple duplicate requests are being made, causing unnecessary delays.
To help us progress your requests quickly, please make sure that only one request is emailed to us and avoid sending multiple chasers.
Please also avoid labelling all emails as ‘clearance’ and instead write in the subject line the reason for your email. For example:
- clearance (name of insolvency case)
- stat interest (name of insolvency case)
- repayment details (name of insolvency case)
- rule 14.44 (name of insolvency case)
We are working hard to ensure responses are provided as soon as possible.
By sending only one request and ensuring that email subject lines are used correctly, you can avoid further delays.