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Tips for businesses facing insolvency

28 November 2017 / Simon Thompson
Issue: 4626 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Monetary migraine

KEY POINTS

  • Fear of adverse consequences can prevent help being sought to salvage a business.
  • HMRC can be a large stakeholder in a failing business with numerous debts.
  • A compliant tax history is important for a business.
  • A company voluntary arrangement can help a struggling business agree a method of repayment.
  • Tax practitioners can help a business to take an objective look at the state of its finances.

Tax practitioners are well placed to identify some of the key signs that a business is getting into trouble early – an inability to meet tax liabilities is one key signal that cashflow is reaching a crisis and an early response is crucial. However the truth is that too many British businesses more often than not driven by a fear of...

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