Football: Insolvency

(asked on 23rd January 2023) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Football League and (b) non-league football clubs have received winding up petitions from HMRC in the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the financial sustainability of those clubs.


Answered by
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 31st January 2023

HMRC take a supportive approach to dealing with customers who have tax debts and only file winding-up petitions after exhausting all other options, in order to protect taxpayers’ money.

Details of how assessments of financial sustainability of customers are used to assess Time to Pay offers and consequences of non-payment can be found at GOV.UK

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-will-happen-if-you-do-not-pay-your-tax-bill

How to pay a debt to HMRC with a Time to Pay arrangement - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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