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Peter Godfrey-Evans

Peter Godfrey-Evans

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Time to Pay - restrictions because of dividend remuneration policy

Peter Godfrey-Evans

July 19, 2011 09:07

HMRC's latest comment concerning 'Time to Pay' (TTP) arrangements has stated that TTP will not be available where companies are paying out dividends to their shareholders.

Time to Pay arrangements - rejections continue to rise

Peter Godfrey-Evans

May 10, 2011 14:21

HMRC recently issued statistics for the Business Payment Support Service for the three months ended March 2011, their headlines, as you would expect, are the level of support they have provided to date and the reducing level of applications received since the scheme was introduced at the end of...

Pressure increases on time to pay arrangements

Peter Godfrey-Evans

January 06, 2011 10:50

Statistics recently issued by HMRC for the Business Payments Support Service (BPSS) since its inception confirm there has been a 45% drop in the number of arrangements approved for the first nine months of 2010 compared to the same period of 2009, whilst the level of rejections has doubled to 5.2%...

Mixed messages regarding 'time to pay'?

Peter Godfrey-Evans

August 31, 2010 09:35

HMRC is currently 'considering the release of statistics for Time to Pay (TTP)'. Whilst the review is ongoing it is unable to provide statistical information for the Business Payment Support Service which operates all TTP arrangements.

HMRC - Time to pay rejections on the rise

Peter Godfrey-Evans

May 14, 2010 17:00

The previous Government's support in giving businesses time to pay their their debts to HMRC via the Business Payment Support Service (BPSS) has been widely acknowledged as having provided a lifeline to many businesses. Continued support was assured in their...