Use Chapter 13 to defeat the leverage that a recorded tax lien on your home gives the IRS/state. Buy valuable time and flexibility. Stopping Tax Liens by Filing Bankruptcy In our last blog post we showed how Chapter 13 can buy you more time and flexibility than Chapter 7. We showed an example how that’s especially true if you … Read More
More Time to Deal with Multiple Years of Income Tax Debts through Chapter 13
A Chapter 13 payment plan gives you more flexibility, much more time, and other advantages to resolve multiple years of income tax debts. Stopping Tax Liens through Chapter 13 In our last blog post we showed how Chapter 7 might prevent an income tax lien from hitting your home. It stops the recording of the tax lien through the … Read More
Dealing with Multiple Years of Income Tax Debts through Chapter 7
If you owe some income tax which qualifies for discharge and some that doesn’t, can Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcy” help you? Tax Liens under Chapter 7 Last week we showed how Chapter 7 can sometimes permanently prevent an income tax lien from hitting your home. It does that by stopping the recording of the tax lien, and then discharging … Read More
Getting Current on Home Property Taxes through Bankruptcy
Falling being on home property taxes creates problem with your tax collector but much more urgently with your mortgage lender. Why Your Mortgage Lender Gets Upset With virtually all mortgage contracts, falling behind on your home property taxes puts you in default on the mortgage itself. That means that even if you are current on the mortgage payments your … Read More
Chapter 13 Gives More Time to Sell Your Home
If you need more time to sell your home, you can usually get more time than under Chapter 7. Can maybe even delay selling for several years. Our last blog post was about the relatively long time Chapter 13 gives you to catch up on your mortgage. Besides the 3 to 5 years it gives you, Chapter 13 also … Read More
Use Chapter 13 to Buy Much More Time for Your Home
The advantages of Chapter 13 are more time and more flexibility in catching up on your unpaid mortgage payments. Lots better than Chapter 7. Two blog posts ago we said Chapter 7 buys some time with your home mortgage while Chapter 13 buys much more time. We then showed how Chapter 7 can help. Today we get into how … Read More
Chapter 7 May Forever Stop a Tax Lien on Your Home
Filing a Chapter 7 case stops a tax lien recording on your home, and so may stop that tax from turning into one you must pay. Our last blog post was about how filing a Chapter 7 case buys you time with debts on your home. It’s worth expanding on one of those Chapter 7 benefits, one that can … Read More
Chapter 7 Buys You Some Time for Your Home
Chapter 7 buys you some time by stopping a foreclosure or delaying one from starting, and may also prevent liens from hitting your home. Chapter 7 “Straight Bankruptcy” vs. Chapter 13 “Adjustment of Debts” Speaking very generally, Chapter 7 buys you some time with your home while Chapter 13 buys you much more time. So the questions are: how … Read More
Smart Timing Can Make Your Chapter 13 Case Shorter
Smart timing of your Chapter 13 “adjustment of debts” case can sometimes allow you to finish your payment plan faster and save lots of money. Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 13 Two days ago we showed the importance of timing in the filing of a Chapter 7 case. The timing can affect whether you can qualify to be in a … Read More
Timing Can Be Crucial in Qualifying for Chapter 7
The timing of your Chapter 7 filing–a difference of even just a day or two–can affect whether you qualify for it based on your income.
Timing Determines Your Income for the Means Test
Most people easily pass the means test based on their relatively low income. Timing plays a huge role in calculating your income.
Avoid a Fraudulent Transfers through Good Timing
Giving a gift, or selling for less than true value, can cause problems when done before bankruptcy, but usually only if the amount is large.
Avoid Preference Payments through Good Timing
Sometimes in bankruptcy doing the honestly right thing can cause you major problems. Making preference payments is a good example of this.