The Best Bankruptcy Advice: Get Legal Advice
Businesses considering bankruptcy get intense legal advice before filing. You would also be smart to get solid advice to make a good decision.
The Bankruptcy Chapters–Chapter 7, 9, 11, 12, 13 Cases
You file bankruptcy most likely under Chapter 7 or 13, or possibly 11. Ch. 12 is for farmers and fisherman, Ch. 9 for governmental entities.
Making Sense of Bankruptcy: The Most Basic Information
Bankruptcy empowers you with options, including "straight bankruptcy" vs. an "adjustment of debts," and options about creditors in each.
Making Sense of Bankruptcy: Can Filing a Chapter 11 Reorganization Save Your Business?
Chapter 11 is a powerful way to address a business debt crisis, but because of its detriments must be used extremely selectively.
If You Filed Bankruptcy Just Before the 2005 “Reform,” When Exactly Can You File Again?
You can file a new case 8 years after filing before (so, now or very soon), or possibly only 6 or 4 or 2 years after, or maybe even with no delay.
Income Taxes and Self-Interest in a Marriage
Each spouse in a marriage with significant tax debt has his or her self-interest, which may need a different solution than the other spouse.
Is Your Business Eligible to File Bankruptcy?
Question #1 for cleaning up financially after a failed business: can the business file a bankruptcy without you? Question #2: should it?
Debt Limits in Chapter 13 Bankruptcies
Too much debt can disqualify you from filing under Chapter 13.
I Make Too Much for Chapter 7, Owe Too Much for Chapter 13, So Now What Do I Do?
If you don't qualify for either Chapter 7 or 13, do you have to do a very expensive Chapter 11 reorganization? Or could you still qualify after all?