Your small business represents the culmination of hard work, innovation, and your hopes for a bright future. Unfortunately, taking this risk to make it on your own can come with hiccups. In fact, many small business owners find themselves struggling with debt as part...
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Should I Pay Off Debt With My Retirement?
Debt struggles can be an incredible burden on a person's mental and emotional well being. The constant stress of a growing pile of unpaid bills, the ever-rising interest penalties, and your inability to make ends meet can result in a desire to turn off the lights and...
Forgiveness of Debt Income
When you have made the tough decision to file for bankruptcy relief and the dust has settled, the absolute last thing you want to think about is preparing your tax return. However, in order to rebuild your credit after bankruptcy, it is really important to make smart...
Why Would a Court Deny Bankruptcy Discharge?
No matter what you have read online, the decision to pursue bankruptcy proceedings is a deeply personal one and is not a one-size fit all solution for everyone. In fact, bankruptcy proceedings can be complicated and may not turn out the way you hope. This is why it is...
Understanding Debt Classifications in Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy proceedings are often intense and incredibly complex. For the uninitiated, the terms that attorneys and judges throw around often sound like a different language. Nevertheless, if you are interested in learning more about bankruptcy, it is important to...
Your Retirement Plan in Bankruptcy
Trying to overcome debt problems is a hard, emotionally draining process. For many, it seems like a hopeless spiral of missed payments, juggling credit cards, selling treasured possessions, harassing calls from creditors, and growing interest penalties. If you find...
Five Signs that Chapter 7 May Be Your Best Choice
Nobody wants to file bankruptcy. On either a personal or business basis, no one manages their finances or starts their own business with a vision of financial turmoil. Rather, we work hard, take risks, and do the best we can to provide for our families. Unfortunately,...
Can I File for Personal & Business Bankruptcy Simultaneously?
Although we all know that dealing with money and numbers are supposed to be a logical, black and white process, sans emotion, few of us can act that way-whether we have lots of cash, or a dwindling supply. Financial success can lead us to feeling euphoric, while...
You May Prefer Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Over Chapter 7
One of the greatest things we can learn in life is excellent money management skills. Even if you possess such savvy though, life circumstances may arise that cause extreme financial duress beyond your control. This could be due to unemployment and loss of health...
Why Some Debts Cannot Be Discharged in Chapter 7 or 13 Bankruptcy
If you have found yourself in serious financial distress, you may feel completely helpless-and very alone-at first. As the calls from debt collectors escalate, bills pile up, and your income is not sufficient to pay them, you may finally seek a final solution in...