I’m re-upping this post from nearly two years ago because I’ve seen a surge in foreclosure notices on old and irregular home loans. There is equity now in those homes, so they are at risk of foreclosure. They hadn’t paid the line of credit loan on their home for seven years. All was quiet […]
What Creditors Of PG&E Need To Know About Bankruptcy
Listen up if you’ve done business with PG&E, now or in the past. The PG&E bankruptcy affects you in varying ways, as we explore below. You have some important decisions to make, such as: Should you keep doing business with PG&E? If you do are you going to get paid? When? What about money PG&E […]
10 Reasons Why Bankruptcy May Be Your Best Investment
There are compelling reasons to file bankruptcy and invest in a better future. Spend money to go broke? Seems counter-intuitive, but it could be the best money you spend. People in serious debt resist using bankruptcy to get their financial life in order for many reasons, including Yet, as a means of regaining control of […]
Three Cheers For Entrepreneurs
Let’s hear it for entrepreneurs. Those brave, tireless people with a dream who start or run small businesses. They possess more energy and perseverance than most of us. They form the backbone of our economy. In honor of National Entrepreneurs Day, November 20th, let’s recap Soapbox’s best on being in business for yourself. It’s probably […]
What This Lawyer Is Grateful For At Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for the American judiciary and, particularly, for district court judges. In these turbulent political times, they’ve been confronted with hard questions arising out of swirling controversies. Their rulings would have national implications. Decisions were needed on short notice. Partisans gathered on the sidelines, some assured of being bitterly disappointed however the […]
Highlighted Tax Tips For Final Week To File Returns
We talk a lot about taxes here on the Soapbox. That may seem a strange thing for a bankruptcy law firm to highlight. But it’s not strange when you realize that taxes are the cause of many of our clients’ financial problems. Filing date is barreling down on us. So, here’s a sampler of how […]
Audited? Did You Tell The State Tax Authorities?
We’re all about sharing these days, aren’t we? So, did you share with the state tax authorities the outcome of your IRS audit? While telling the Franchise Tax Board that you owe more taxes to the feds may seem like inviting trouble, you gain by doing so. How? You set those taxes owed to California […]
What Litigators Need To Know About Bankruptcy
Civil litigation often decides who owes what to whom. Bankruptcy law cab impact ongoing litigation and what happens thereafter to those who owe. And to those to whom money is owed. So it behooves litigators to have a good grasp on how bankruptcy works. If you’re defendant’s counsel, you want to assess your client’s options should […]
The Most Compelling Reason To File Bankruptcy
Shedding debt so you can save for retirement is the most compelling reason to file bankruptcy in my book. Get rid of the debt that’s dischargeable so you can pay for retirement, I exhort. Between the crippling cost of housing in the Bay Area and parent loans for college, there is so little margin for […]
Last Minute Tax Break For Distressed Homeowners
Days before the end of the tax year, the massive tax bill changed the rules retroactively. And for once, the change benefited individual taxpayers. The tax bill revived, for tax year 2017, the exclusion from income accorded to phantom income upon foreclosure, short sale, or loan modification. The provision that created an exception protecting […]
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