An HMRC claim for £8.5m in VAT across the group is likely to be paid in full when between £10m-£15m is recovered from Paperlinx NL Holdings in the Netherlands. At the time of the report Deloitte said it expected to pay an interim dividend to unsecured creditors in The Paper Co, Robert Horne Group, and Howard Smith Paper Group "as soon as practicable". The Deloitte team chalked up £917,327 of time costs during the period, and the firm drew fees of £439,413. Legal fees with four different lawyers came to £184,726.