A legally binding agreement between a company (“CVA”), partnership (“PVA”) or an individual (“IVA”) and their unsecured creditors to repay all or part of their debt over a fixed period of time. Negotiating more time to pay your debts...
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The Finance Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 22 July, confirming that from 1 December 2020 HMRC will become a secondary preferential creditor in insolvencies. This is a disappointing announcement for the insolvency industry which believes the...
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Claims for financial support may be deemed fraudulent if the company was already in trouble when making claims and then later enters into an insolvency process. Insolvency practitioners (IPs) have been advised to remain alert to potentially...
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We often get asked when dealing with creditors in insolvency situations, what the order of priority is for payments. Who ranks above whom? Where does the bank and HMRC rank? If the bank has security, do employees rank ahead of them? The simplest...
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From 6th April 2017 the new insolvency rules come into effect, these changes will no doubt have significant impact on the Insolvency profession. The changes have been brought about to increase creditor engagement and to streamline the profession....
Read more...The government has made an announcement that it is proposing a 3 month moratorium (see definition below) from creditor action for insolvent or near-insolvent companies. R3 has welcomed this proposal having made their own suggestions...
Read more...If you do not pay your taxes HM Revenue and Customs will consider taking enforcement action as detailed below: Legally taking possession of goods (Distraint) - possession of goods for sale at public auction, Summary Proceedings in the...
Read more...Attachment of Earnings You can ask the court to send an order to the person’s employer, to take money from wages to pay the debt. Freeze assets or money in an account The court can freeze money in the person’s bank or building society...
Read more...There are various classes of creditor and there is a specific order in which they must be paid when an Insolvency Practitioner has funds to distribute This list places the classes of creditor in order of priority with the first listed being the...
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