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  • Home
  • Your Team
  • Bankruptcy
    • Chapter 7 Personal Bankruptcy
    • Chapter 7 Business Bankruptcy
    • Chapter 11 Small Business Bankruptcy
    • Chapter 13 Personal Bankruptcy
    • Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Tax
    • IRS Tax Assessment Issues
      • Tax Audits
      • Tax Litigation
    • IRS Tax Collection Issues
      • Installment Agreements
      • Offer in Compromise
      • Tax Liens and Levies
    • California State Tax Issues
  • Reviews & Results
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Bankruptcy

What Happens to Tax Liens In Bankruptcy?

Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Procedure, IRS, Tax Liens, Taxes
What Happens to Tax Liens In Bankruptcy?

Debtor’s often have Notice of Federal Tax Lien outstanding at the time they file bankruptcy. How are these handled? Broadly, a properly-noticed lien survives bankruptcy. It continues to attach to any property Read more »

Why Bankruptcy Attorneys Shouldn’t Accept Credit Cards

Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Aftermath, Bankruptcy Procedure, Pre-Bankruptcy Planning
Why Bankruptcy Attorneys Shouldn’t Accept Credit Cards

I don’t take credit cards. I don’t think it’s ethical, and here’s why Read more »

How Bankruptcy Attorneys Can Stop Unethical Debt Collectors

Abuse, Bankruptcy, Collection Law
How Bankruptcy Attorneys Can Stop Unethical Debt Collectors

In the cat-and-mouse game between debtors and creditors, it’s no surprise that there are dishonest debt collectors. Many of my bankruptcy clients are well-acquainted with debt collectors, often having been harassed by them for years before coming to me. Among the illegal collection practices these collection firms employ Read more »

What Happens at a Bankruptcy 341 Meeting of Creditors?

Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Procedure, Trustee
What Happens at a Bankruptcy 341 Meeting of Creditors?

In chapter 7 bankruptcy, everything you own and owe is briefly transferred to a bankruptcy Trustee, who can then use your assets to pay your debts. If you have more debts than assets, then those debts are “discharged” or wiped out (there are exceptions for some debts… Read more »

Traffic Tickets Dischargeable in Ch. 13 Bankruptcy But Not Ch. 7

Bankruptcy, Crime, Nondischargeable
Traffic Tickets Dischargeable in Ch. 13 Bankruptcy But Not Ch. 7

You file bankruptcy to get rid of debts you can’t afford to pay and to get the fresh financial start in life that you so desperately need. But not all debts can be wiped out in your bankruptcy. Read more »

Why I’m “Only” Assertive and Not Antagonistic

Bankruptcy, Lawyering, Taxes
Why I’m “Only” Assertive and Not Antagonistic

Here’s something I discuss on the landing page of my website, because I think it’s that important: I’m assertive but not antagonistic. Okay. So what? Some clients are so angry with the IRS they want to use me primarily for revenge, even if their case would have a better outcome if we approached the adversary calmly Read more »

Discharging Tax Debt in Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Procedure, IRS, Taxes
Discharging Tax Debt in Bankruptcy

It’s possible to discharge (have tax debt wiped out) most federal taxes in bankruptcy. There are exceptions, however. Many of the times when taxes aren’t dischargeable in bankruptcy are very Read more »

Sebastian Explains Why Selling Property for Less Than Market Value Before Bankruptcy is A No-No

Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Procedure, Pre-Bankruptcy Planning
Sebastian Explains Why Selling Property for Less Than Market Value Before Bankruptcy is A No-No

If a debtor sells property for less than full market value before filing bankruptcy, the law considers this a form of theft from the bankruptcy estate: the Bankruptcy Trustee could have sold it for more money to pay off the debtor’s creditors. But, sometimes Sebastian the Feline Paralegal’s explanations are more fun to read.

The Bankruptcy Trustee

Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Procedure, Trustee
The Bankruptcy Trustee

Trustee in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy When you file a a chapter 7 bankruptcy, everything you own and owe is legally transferred to a Bankruptcy Trustee, who can then use your Read more »

Considering Bankruptcy? Tip 7 – Get Out of Denial

Bankruptcy, Credit Cards, Pre-Bankruptcy Planning
Considering Bankruptcy? Tip 7 – Get Out of Denial

There’s an almost rapturous feeling that my bankruptcy clients feel when they hear “discharged” about their debts in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case. It’s a feeling like that which Renee Read more »

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About John D. Faucher

faucher_law_iconJohn worked for ten years for the Internal Revenue Service defending IRS audits in Tax Court. Since 2008, he has used is knowledge about the IRS (and also California’s Franchise Tax Board, Department of Fee and Tax Administration, and Employment Development Department) to help clients with IRS and California tax agency audits, levies and tax debts. He also represented the IRS in bankruptcies where the IRS was owed back taxes.


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