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Support COVID-hit businesses by pausing HMRC creditor status change, R3 says to Government
29 November 2020
Insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 is calling on the Government to improve access to finance for COVID-hit British businesses by delaying plans to change HMRC’s insolvency creditor status.
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R3 warns of consequences of Finance Bill insolvency creditor changes
24 July 2020
R3 has hit out at changes to HMRC’s creditor status, which were confirmed after the Finance Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 22 July...
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Scrap Finance Bill HMRC insolvency proposals or damage businesses, R3 warns
21 April 2020
Ahead of the second reading of the Finance Bill on 27 April, Duncan Swift, President of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, has called on the Government to scrap proposals to make HMRC a preferential creditor in insolvencies.
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Budget blow for access to finance – ‘perverse’ insolvency reforms confirmed – Budget reaction from R3
11 March 2020
Budget 2020 reaction from R3, with preferential status for HMRC in insolvencies to be brought in from 1 December 2020
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Business groups sound alarm over ‘serious concerns’ with Government’s tax and insolvency plans
09 March 2020
UK business groups and insolvency experts are again sounding the alarm about Government plans to prioritise repayments to HMRC over repayments to other creditors in insolvencies from 6 April 2020.
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R3 responds to the Queen’s Speech
19 December 2019
Duncan Swift, President of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, comments on the Queen’s Speech (19 December 2019)...
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R3 launches 2019 election manifesto
10 December 2019
R3, the insolvency and restructuring trade body, has launched its 2019 election manifesto, which sets out the policies that will help the insolvency and restructuring profession continue to support businesses and individuals going through financial distress.
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Business bodies warn Chancellor of damage caused by Treasury insolvency cash grab
13 September 2019
Leading business groups and insolvency experts have written to the Chancellor to warn that plans to prioritise repayments to HMRC over repayments to other creditors in insolvencies will have serious consequences for the UK economy.
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HMRC insolvency cash grab a ‘bad deal’ for UK
11 July 2019
Government plans, confirmed in today's draft Finance Bill , are a "bad deal" for UK businesses and the taxpayer, says insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.
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