Making Sense of Bankruptcy: Should You File a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy if You Want to Continue Operating Your Business?
If you have a business that you need to continue of operate, choosing the right form of bankruptcy involves risks and opportunities.
Making Sense of Bankruptcy: Choosing between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 to Save Your Home
If you're behind on your home mortgage, when would a Chapter 7 regular bankruptcy be enough vs. needing the benefits of a Chapter 13 plan?
Making Sense of Bankruptcy: When a Consumer Chapter 7 “Straight Bankruptcy” is Appropriate
Assuming you are a consumer who needs serious relief from your creditors, when should you do a Chapter 7 bankruptcy instead of a Chapter 13 one?
Making Sense of Bankruptcy: How to Protect Your Co-Signer
The "co-debtor stay" gives you an extraordinary way to take care of debts that someone co-signed for you.
Making Sense of Bankruptcy: Strip a Second (or Third) Mortgage Off Your Home
If you qualify, stripping a junior mortgage from the title to your home could make it worth saving while making it possible to do so.
Making Sense of Bankruptcy: Curing Child and Spousal Support Arrearage
Unlike Chapter 7 "straight bankruptcy," Chapter 13 can legally prevent your ex-spouse/support enforcement from chasing you and your assets.
Making Sense of Bankruptcy: The Chapter 13 Payment Plan
Chapter 13 is all about what you can and can't do with your creditors in your court-approved plan.
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . Paying Both Income and Withholding Taxes for a Business Owner through Chapter 13
If you owe too much in taxes, a Chapter 13 case can protect your small business while you write off some and pay some of the taxes.
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . a Chapter 13 Plan for Paying Both Income and Property Taxes
Here'a an illustration how you could save your home if you were behind on your mortgage and property taxes, as well as income taxes.
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . a Chapter 13 Plan of Paying Income Taxes
Here's an illustration how a Chapter 13 case would pay your taxes that you could not discharge (write off) in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . Income Taxes You Must Pay, through a Chapter 13 Case
If you owe taxes that donât qualify for being written off in bankruptcy, how exactly would these taxes be paid under Chapter 13?
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . Income Taxes that Your Ex-Spouse Isn’t Paying and You Can’t Write Off
If your divorce decree says your ex-spouse must pay jointly owed taxes but isn't, how do you protect yourself from the tax creditor(s)?
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . a Pending Income Tax Refund under Chapter 13
If you file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy while you have a tax refund coming, you can usually put that refund money to a good purpose.
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . Back Property Taxes on Your Home
Being behind on property taxes is usually a breach of your mortgage. Chapter 13 protects you from your mortgage lender so you can catch up.
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . Newer Income Tax Debts
Bankruptcy does not writes off newer income taxes, but Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 both still have ways of helping.