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General guidance on securing, protecting and realising insolvent estates
Actions to take in the initial stages of a bankruptcy including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
Help and guidance for limited company directors.
This is purely a bankruptcy procedure. Information on procedure and the official receiver's role in applications for annulment of the order.
Guidance to help you calculate your average rate of pay so that you can apply for redundancy related payments from the Insolvency Service.
Interviewing bankrupts and directors, including taking statements to record information obtained
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
Dealing with the affairs of a debtor who dies during the bankruptcy process or the estate of a deceased insolvent
These notices make directors and others responsible for paying the tax debts of companies they've been involved in.
Recovering sums due in respect of antecedent recoveries such as excessive pension contributions, misfeasance of directors, voidable dispositions and transactions defrauding creditors
This page provides a full list of published guidance about the following processes administered or regulated by the Insolvency Service:
Powers, duties and functions of the Official Receiver including situations where those powers are limited by law or by internal operational rules
This chapter provides guidance on partnerships. It covers both general partnerships and limited partnerships but not limited liability partnerships (LLPs), which are covered in chapter 53.
If the official receiver feels that someone who is bankrupt has been dishonest, the court can make a bankruptcy restrictions order.
This guide refers to investigations by the Insolvency Service into companies that have entered into formal insolvency proceedings – which means administration, administrative receivership, voluntary and compulsory liquidatio…
Dealing with an insolvent's solely-owned property where the property has or had tenants
Actions to take in the initial stages of a company winding-up, including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
This guidance is for approved Intermediaries applying for a DRO.
If you’re a limited company director and provide services to an ‘end client’ then you will encounter IR35 rules.
Dealing with a failure to co-operate by company officers, partners and bankrupts.
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