DMBM685135 | Enforcement action: transfers to Enforcement and Insolvency Services (EIS): review case: review customer's current circumstances
From HM Revenue & Customs · Debt Management and Banking Manual
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Review the customer’s ability to pay. Factors affecting their ability to deal with the debt may include:
mental ill health
extreme old age of customer
serious ill health
imprisonment.
However, in all cases consider:
their total indebtedness and whether this debt is rising
whether they have regular income and what assets the customer owns
what the nature of their business is, including whether:
it is continuing to trade
the business is owed money.
For further details see DMBM585000.
Where you decide that such a case is suitable for insolvency, include these facts in the referral.
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