by admin | Apr 23, 2019 | General |
Last week we posted that it is over 10 years since Debt Relief Orders (DROs) were first introduced in April 2009. This week we have fleshed out the details of who can claim and some of the restrictions that apply. What is a DRO? A DRO is a special way of dealing...
by admin | Apr 16, 2019 | General |
Debt Relief Orders (DROs) were first introduced in April 2019. The DROs assist people who have small levels of assets and insufficient surplus income to deal with debts under £20,000. In a news release published by the Insolvency Service we are told that in...
by admin | Apr 16, 2019 | General |
HMRC has launched an unannounced crackdown on money laundering regulation non-compliance by estate agents. This clampdown resulted in over 50 visits by HMRC staff to estate agents across England that were suspected of trading without being registered as required...
by admin | Apr 10, 2019 | General |
Under the current scheme, banks and building societies transfer the money held in dormant accounts to a central reclaim fund. The reclaim fund is responsible for managing dormant account money, meeting reclaims and passing on surplus money to various charities for...
by admin | Apr 3, 2019 | General |
There is a free tracing service called ‘mylostaccount’ to find lost bank accounts. The service brings together the three tracing schemes of the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), the Building Societies Association (BSA) and National Savings and...
by admin | Mar 26, 2019 | General |
HMRC has issued an updated version of their online guidance on Genuine HMRC contact and recognising phishing emails and texts. The guidance provides a current list of genuine messages from HMRC. This includes email messages, text messages and telephone contacts from...
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