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Interviewing bankrupts and directors, including taking statements to record information obtained
Dealing with assets
Banking facilities for insolvency practitioners. This page links to the online application.
As a director, there are general duties you are expected to perform.
Guidance on properties jointly owned by a bankrupt and another where the owners have entered into an assured shorthold tenancy.
This guidance is intended to assist insolvency practitioners by setting out the principal duties and actions required of the monitor.
Actions to take in the initial stages of a company winding-up, including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
This guide provides information for anyone who wishes to complain about the conduct of an insolvency practitioner (IP)
Employment issues
These notices make directors and others responsible for paying the tax debts of companies they've been involved in.
The responsibility for your company’s money lies with you, the director.
Information on carrying out inspections of trading and domestic premises and tracing inspections
This chapter is not intended to be an exhaustive list of every type of asset, instead it provides information relating to assets most likely to be encountered by the official receiver but that are not covered elsewhere in th…
Guidance on second or subsequent bankruptcies.
What is a financial statement and why should directors maintain them?
We can investigate companies that have been dissolved without entering into formal insolvency proceedings
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