Tax season saw a 400% rise in fake email to taxpayers pretending to be from the IRS. The scammers want you to click a link, give them information, or otherwise open yourself to identity theft. Identity theft and the diversion of tax refunds is the number one tax scam. Fake email is third. Protect yourself as […]
Bankruptcy Alphabet: B Is For Business
Business is my bankruptcy “B’ word. Business debt of the individual filing bankruptcy is dischargeable just as other personal debt. In Silicon Valley, the very innovation and risk taking that makes the Valley vibrant brings with it the risks of not making it in the marketplace. Bankruptcy can be the “do over” vehicle, freeing manpower and […]
Is A Free Bankruptcy Consultation Worth It?
No matter how much they’ve spent on other stuff, those shopping for a bankruptcy lawyer seem to expect a free consultation. “Everyone else offers a free consultation” I’m told. Not me: I don’t do “free”. But I’ve come to doubt what other bankruptcy attorneys offer is really a free consultation. Oh, it may be free, […]
The Most Costly Community Property Blunder
What do you do when creditors from your spouse’s past threaten? Chances are your first reaction is to put the title to your biggest assets in just your name. Whew! Safe. Not. Just because the deed to the house now reads Jane Doe instead of John Doe and Jane Doe it’s easy to think the house is Jane’s separate […]
10 Tips To Help You Keep Your House
When financial trouble rears its head, keeping the house becomes a number one priority. Whether the pinch is caused by loss of income, a loan that resets, or business slow down, you can find making the mortgage payments a challenge. Not to mention sorting out escrow screwups and changes of servicers. So, we’re rounding up […]
The Secret Bankruptcy Exemptions
Exemptions in bankruptcy are all about what you keep. Exemptions define the collection of assets and rights that are safe from the reach of a bankruptcy trustee or your creditors. But planning exemptions in a bankruptcy case is more than just the looking down the list of things you keep through bankruptcy and the dollar amount […]
Chapter 13 Fixes Tax Trouble
Tax troubles become manageable in Chapter 13 bankruptcy. 13 offers powerful alternatives to fighting with the IRS. Or hiding from the IRS. When you’ve got tax troubles, it’s easy to feel powerless. After all, you’re confronting a federal agency who wrote the tax rules. And they have hordes of employees with nothing else to do. […]
Mortgage Forbearance And The Hidden Gotcha: Escrow
Got a mortgage forbearance? Seems like a relief. But watch out for the normally escrowed taxes after the forbearance is up. The CARES Act made forbearance on federally backed mortgages available for the asking. But no one talked about the escrow portion of the skipped mortgage payments. Federal guidance urged servicers to offer easy ways […]
Annual IRA Contribution: Use It Or Lose It
Tax day approaches. With it comes the IRA contribution deadline. You expect to live for decades after you’re eligible for Social Security, don’t you? Then, you have only until April 15th to use the 2021 allowance for contributions to a tax-advantaged IRA. Miss making that 2021 contribution and it’s gone for all time. So, you […]
Will You Come Visit Me In Jail?
There’s a warrant out for my arrest, according to the message on my home phone. The charge is criminal tax evasion and tax fraud. The cops are coming for me, unless… Unless, the caller suggests, I call this number and send money. Who knew the feds could be bought off? Of course, it’s a scam. […]
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