Current client debt : Contents
Provisional write-off
Any debt established before 26 September 2002 can only be considered for provisional write-off, irrespective of when you are reviewing the debt.
The debt can only be provisionally written off when all of the criteria are met. You must first consider whether the:
The following criteria that must be met for provisional write-off, are the same as those for debts established on or after 26 September 2002:
Full financial write-off after 3 months
A debt which has been provisionally written off can, after 3 months, be considered for full financial write off.
For more information see:
- Process for provisional write-off
- Legislation before 26 September 2002
- Delegation levels
- Recommendation for Provisional Debt Write-Off [no link find out why] form
- Recommendation for Full Debt Write-Off of a Former Debt Provisionally Written-Off [no link find out why] form
Legislation
- Regulations: debts and deductions section 444 Social Security Act 2018
- Debts caused wholly or partly by errors to which debtors did not intentionally contribute regulations 208 Social Security Regulations 2018
