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COM110152 | Pursuit: automatic and clerical pursuit: Objections To Striking Off (Action Guide)

From HM Revenue & Customs · COTAX Manual

Please note: this guide does not apply to Northern Ireland.

To deal with an objection to striking off, consider steps 1 - 12 below. The guide is presented as follows.

Memo received by HMRC Payments

1. If HMRC Payments receives a notification from the office responsible for the company that an objection to striking off has been made:

  • use function RTPP (Revise Taxpayer Pursuit) to set the

  • Permanent Local Action (PLA) signal to 'Y'

  • forward the memo to the Debt Management Office with a covering note advising the action taken

  • use function NOTE (Case Notes) and note the company record with the reason why the case is being made LA

Memo received by Debt Management Office

2. Use function VTPR (View Taxpayer) to check the record and to confirm the case is proper to your office.

3. If the case is proper to another office:

  • forward the memo to the appropriate Debt Management Office

  • advise the office responsible for the company

4. Use function VPPD (View Payment and Posting Details) to check the record to find the Accounting Periods (APs) in arrears.

5. If arrears are involved, use function RTPP (Revise Taxpayer Pursuit) to set the Permanent Local Action signal to 'Y'.

Further Debt Management Office action in all cases

6. Link the memo with any working papers.

7. Record a B/F date on IDMS for one month before the proposed dissolution date.

8. Continue pursuit in the normal way.

9. If any arrears remain outstanding at the B/F date:

  • send a memo to the office responsible for the company headed ‘Objection to company striking off’ requesting that the objection be sustained for a further six months

  • record a further B/F date on IDMS for six months after the previous B/F date

  • continue pursuit

10. At the next B/F date repeat step 9.

Submission to Enforcement & Insolvency Service Worthing or Scotland

11. Where you refer the case to the Enforcement & Insolvency Service Worthing or Scotland for collection:

  • make a note on the IDMS record ‘Dissolution in abeyance’

  • attach a note to the transfer sheet and case papers stating the present position

  • use function TRCA (Transfer Case) to transfer recovery responsibility of the case to the Enforcement & Insolvency Service

Arrears clear

12. If the arrears clear, take no further action.

Please note that: The Registrar of companies will proceed to strike off the company in due course.