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As company director, you take on many legal requirements and duties. You must know what they are and when you need to complete them.
This page provides a single entry point for tools and information for debt advisers.
Guidance for debt advisers who need to create and submit a DRO application.
This page provides links to guidance produced by, or relating to, the Insolvency Service
Dividends are payments made to shareholders from company profits after Corporation Tax.
How to claim money back from a person that is bankrupt or a company that is in liquidation.
The protocol is a voluntary agreement, which provides an agreed standard framework for dealing with straightforward consumer IVAs and applies to both IVA providers and creditors.
Information about director's loans.
Full guidance on what happens when you're made bankrupt.
Obtaining Income Payments Agreements (IPA) and Income Payments Orders (IPO) from bankrupts, including the matters to be taken into account when calculating the sum to be paid
When you become the director of a limited company, you should be aware of the legal requirements and duties involved.
Income Tax and National Insurance contributions must be deducted from any wages paid to company employees.
A Protective Award is compensation awarded by an employment tribunal because your employer did not consult with you before you were made redundant.
Details of the definition of a creditor and rights to participate in insolvency proceedings
A dissolved company is one that has been removed or ‘struck off’ from the Companies House register. Once dissolved the company is no longer able to trade.
Directors have specific duties if their company becomes insolvent. These still apply if it is trading or if trading has stopped.
There are potential consequences for you, the director, if your company suffers insolvency.
Guidance on appointing an insolvency practitioner and handing over the estate. Including the use of the official receivers' rotas and vacancies in office.
This guidance deals with the circumstances in which the Registrar of Companies may dissolve a company
This document contains information related to company investigations and The Insolvency Service.
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