Preventing an Income Tax Lien on Your Home
The recording of an income tax lien turns your home into collateral on the tax you owe. Stop the IRS/state from getting that huge advantage.
A Fresh Start for Your Home Equity Encumbered by a Tax Lien
A tax lien encumbering the equity in your home is dangerous. Chapter 13 takes away the danger.
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13–Income Tax Lien Partly Secured by Equity in Your Home
If you don't have much equity in your home, so that a tax lien eats up all that equity and then some, how can you get rid of that tax lien?
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13–An Income Tax Lien Secured by Equity in Your Home
If you have enough equity in your home to cover a recorded tax lien, to keep your home you must pay that tax. Hereâs how bankruptcy helps.
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13–An Income Tax Lien on Your Home
Which kind of bankruptcy to file depends on whether there is equity for the lien and whether the underlying tax can be discharged.
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13
Sometimes it's obvious which of the two consumer bankruptcy solutions is right for you. But not always. You might be surprised.
Mistakes to Avoid–Selling Your Home Because You Owe Income Taxes
If you owe a bunch of income taxes, and have a tax lien on your home, it's tempting to try to fix everything by selling your home.
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . The Writing Off of Income Taxes with a Simple Chapter 7 Case
Here's how straightforward discharging (legally writing off) income taxes can be in 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 . . . a Recorded Income Tax Lien that Is Partially Secured by Your Assets
A tax lien may attach to something you own, worth less than the amount of the tax you owe. How can you get rid of that tax lien?
How Bankruptcy Handles . . . a Recorded Income Tax Lien that Attaches to No Equity
A tax lien recorded against your home hurts even if the home has no equity. A Chapter 13 bankruptcy can often get rid of such tax liens.
Thanksgiving Week: Giving Thanks for Special Home-Saving Tools-Part 1
Save your home by catching up on real property taxes and securing the release of recorded income tax liens.
October Tax Season: What Advantages Does Chapter 13 Give You with Income Taxes that Canât Be Written Off?
Chapter 13 "adjustment of debts" gives you many tools that Chapter 7 "straight bankruptcy" does not.
Crucial Question: When Should You Consider a Chapter 13 Case Even if Chapter 7 Would Enable You to Save Your Home?
Chapter 13 has so many benefits--some potentially worth lots of money to you--that it's worth finding out what it can do for you.
The Extraordinary Tools of Bankruptcy: Taking the Bite Out of an Income Tax Lien on Nondischargeable Taxes
Chapter 13 hugely helps minimize the effect of a tax lien on older, dischargeable tax debts. But it also does wonders with newer taxes.