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Filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy stops an IRS/state garnishment and other collection activities, even if it's for a tax you still have to pay.

Chapter 13 is very different from Chapter 7 "straight bankruptcy." It buys you time to deal effectively with your special debts.

Here's an example showing how to answer a creditor's complaint objecting to the legal write-off of a debt in bankruptcy.

Here's an example showing in a practical way what happens when a creditor objects to the legal write-off of a debt in bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy can't write off certain kinds of debts. Chapter 13 enables you to prevent liens hitting your home from those debts.

Bankruptcy can't write off certain kinds of debts. Chapter 7 may give you enough help to avoid liens on your home from those debts.

Your financial difficulties may include an unresolved claim against you for personal injury or property damage.

If you owe taxes that donât qualify for being written off in bankruptcy, how exactly would these taxes be paid under Chapter 13?

Here's why you usually don't pay more in a Chapter 13 case to get rid of taxes that you could simply write off in a Chapter 7 case.

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)?

So you've heard you can get into trouble if you use credit before filing bankruptcy. What are the rules about this?

The risk that creditors will not allow you to discharge some of their debts can be minimized through smart timing of your bankruptcy.