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Factsheets

These factsheets are a Q&A approach to insolvency topics for both personal and corporate insolvency matters.

Void Transactions in bankruptcy

Corporate insolvency

Small business restructuring: What is this pathway & how does it work?

Simplified liquidation: What is the simplified liquidation process for small business?

Liquidation: What is the process?

Voluntary administration: What is the process?

Director’s liabilities for company debts

Director penalty notices: How a director can be personally liable for certain company tax debts

Safe harbour: Using safe harbour protection to avoid an insolvent trading claim

Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA): What is the process?

Uncommercial transactions: What is an uncommercial transaction in liquidation?

Preferences in liquidation: What is a preferential payment?

PPSA: What is the Personal Property Securities Act and how does it work?

Insolvent trading: How does a director become liable for insolvent trading?

Members’ voluntary winding up: What is the process for winding up a solvent company?

Dividends: The process for paying creditors in a liquidation

Ending a liquidation

Unreasonable director-related transactions

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Personal & sole trader insolvency

Bankruptcy: What is it & how does it work?

Income contributions: How is income affected during bankruptcy?

Section 73 proposals: What are they & how do they work?

Divisible property in bankruptcy: Which assets/property are realised in bankruptcy?

Discharge & annulment: What's the difference between being discharged from bankruptcy and it being annulled?

Objections to discharge: How a bankruptcy can be extended

Dividends: The process for paying creditors in bankruptcy

Doctrine of exoneration: How it applies in bankruptcy

Voiding superannuation contributions: How does bankruptcy affect superannuation?

Preferences in bankruptcy: What is a preferential payment in bankruptcy?

Part X personal insolvency agreements: What are they & how do they work?

Getting out of bankruptcy: How does a bankruptcy end?

Bankruptcy and the home

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Insolvency considerations

Employee entitlements: How they work in insolvency appointments

Capital gains tax: The impact of insolvency appointments on CGT

Proofs of debt & securities: How do secured creditors make a claim for their debt in insolvency appointments?

Goods & Services Tax: The impact of insolvency appointments on GST

Indicators of insolvency

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