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    Personal liability for directors – no escape from the taxman
    2011-10-07

    Company Insolvencies

    One of the criticisms that is often made of the UK’s complex insolvency legislation is that it is too easy for the directors of a company to put it into liquidation or administration, ‘dump’ the company’s debts and then effectively start the same business again under the guise of a new company. Such phoenixism has often been of concern to HMRC both in the civil and criminal fields and prosecutions have been made against directors who have undertaken such activities on a repeated basis.

    Personal Liability Notices (‘PLNs’)

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Tax, RPC, Regulatory compliance, Fraud, Board of directors, National Insurance, Debt, Liability (financial accounting), Economy, Liquidation, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), Social Security Administration
    Authors:
    Jonathan Levy
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    RPC
    Fifth Circuit Joins Circuit Split Upholding Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction to Hear Social Security Claims: Case Has Impact for Health Care Bankruptcies
    2019-11-12

    The Bottom Line

    Filed under:
    USA, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Medicare, Medicaid, US Congress, Social Security Administration, Fifth Circuit
    Authors:
    Priya K. Baranpuria
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
    Personal liability for directors – no escape from the taxman
    2011-10-07

    Company Insolvencies

    One of the criticisms that is often made of the UK’s complex insolvency legislation is that it is too easy for the directors of a company to put it into liquidation or administration, ‘dump’ the company’s debts and then effectively start the same business again under the guise of a new company. Such phoenixism has often been of concern to HMRC both in the civil and criminal fields and prosecutions have been made against directors who have undertaken such activities on a repeated basis.

    Personal Liability Notices (‘PLNs’)

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Tax, RPC, Regulatory compliance, Fraud, Board of directors, National Insurance, Debt, Liability (financial accounting), Economy, Liquidation, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), Social Security Administration
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    RPC
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