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Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
You can apply to the court to close or ‘wind up’ a company if it cannot…
You must send the right form to the court before they can deal with your…
If the court accepts your petition, they’ll arrange a date for a hearing.…
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
You have to present a bankruptcy petition to a court if you want to…
To make someone bankrupt you must be owed one of the following: at least…
You must check if the debtor has had any bankruptcy petitions against them…
The bankruptcy petition form you fill in depends on whether: the debtor…
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn...
How to take legal action if someone owes you money (small claims court), how much it costs, what happens next. Includes information from withdrawn guidance EX303, EX304, EX306, EX321, EX325 and EX350.
Use this service if you need to repay debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
Collection of monies owed to an insolvent, including the process for engaging contracted agents to undertake the recovery
Employment Tribunal decision.
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
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.
Find out how the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme works and the conditions you must meet if you want to use it.
Use this form to apply to the court to close or wind up a company if it can't pay its debts. This is also known as 'compulsory liquidation'.
How HMRC uses debt enforcement powers, debt collection agencies and what happens if you live abroad when you do not pay your tax bill.
Find out how to operate PAYE if you pay your employees with assets that can be sold or cashed in, like stocks, shares or cryptoassets.
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