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How You Can Collect From The Debt Collectors

By Mike Cardoza

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I team up with consumer lawyer Mike Cardoza to identify your rights against debt collectors and then to preserve those claims through bankruptcy. The longer you resisted filing bankruptcy, the more likely that you’ve endured harassing encounters with debt collectors. And the more encounters you have with debt collectors, the more likely that you’ve been […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 2018

Long Term Tax Savings When You File Bankruptcy Rather Than Settle Debts

By Cathy Moran

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Settle your debts outside of bankruptcy and you may be bitten by taxes you didn’t expect years later. Everyone I talk to would rather cut a deal with their creditors than file bankruptcy.  It’s universal. But here’s the killer reason why bankruptcy alone protects homeowners from a unexpected  tax consequence down the road. Debt forgiven […]

Filed Under: Considering Bankruptcy, Featured, Taxes Tagged With: 2018, cancellation of debt tax

20 Years Of Bankruptcy In Brief

By Cathy Moran

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Twenty years ago this month, Soapbox’s parent website, Bankruptcy In Brief, went live with four pages of basic bankruptcy information. My law partner quietly thought writing about law for the internet was off base. My lawyer colleagues thought I was giving away the store. I persisted (which wasn’t then a catch phrase)  because I was […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 2018

The Unexpected Loss When Tax Returns Filed Late

By Cathy Moran

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File your tax returns really late and you may lose out on credit for toward your Social Security. Betcha didn’t know there was a connection between income taxes and your Social Security benefits.  This was a new one for me. I’ve written often about the negative consequences of putting off filing tax returns. But Harvard Law professor […]

Filed Under: Featured, Taxes Tagged With: 2018

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You've arrived at the Bankruptcy Soapbox, a resource of bankruptcy information and consumer law.

Soapbox is a companion site to Bankruptcy in Brief, where I try to be largely explanatory and even handed (Note I said "try").

Here, I allow myself to tell stories and express strong opinions on how I think law should work for the consumer and small businesses when it comes to debt.

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Bankruptcy Alphabet: E is for Exemptions

E stands for exemptions in my Bankruptcy Alphabet. Exemptions describe the possessions you get to keep when you file bankruptcy. E could also stand for Exception, since exemptions are the only place in bankruptcy law where the law is explicitly different from state to state. Exemptions vary The Bankruptcy Code … Read more

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