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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).
What happens if you underpay import or export duties and who is responsible for the debt.
How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
Upper Tribunal Tax & Chancery decision of Judge Jeanette Zaman and Judge Ashley Greenbank on July 12th 2024
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
Find out about repayment and remission of customs duties by HMRC and how to apply.
This Data Usage Agreement to analyse vulnerable and overlapping debtors across a range of government departments and local authorities was approved and put in place in 2020.
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
Check if you can claim for bad debt relief if a customer is insolvent and can no longer pay what they owe for taxable aggregate.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
How to pay an NHS debt so it does not affect your visa application or entry to the UK.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
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
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
Complain about a bankrupt person or someone with bankruptcy or debt relief restrictions who is not acting honestly or is acting as a company director
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