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Western EuropeFebruary 11 2021

New HMRC insolvency legislation could undermine banks

Crown preference rights allow the UK government to take insolvency payments before banks and unsecured creditors.
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New legislation introduced in the UK at the end of last year means that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will have preferential rights in insolvency.

Known as ‘Crown preference’, these preferential rights allow HMRC to take insolvency payments before banks and unsecured creditors.

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