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Major changes were made to bakruptcy law in 2005, making it harder to file for chapter 7 and deferring more people to chapter 13.

In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, the court will apply IRS living standards to determine what is reasonable for expenses such as rent and food, and the rate you need to repay your debts. The IRS standards are more strict than the courts have been in the past.


In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the income of the person filing will be subject to a two-part test. First, your income will be calculated with exemptions such as rent and food to determine whether you can afford to pay 25 percent of your unsecured debt such as your credit card bills. Second, your income will be compared to your state's median (middle) income.


You won't be allowed to file for Chapter 7 if your income is above your state's median income and you can afford to pay 25 percent of your unsecured debt. Even if your income is below the state's median income and you can pay 25 percent of your unsecured debt, the court may still deny your Chapter 7 filing. There will be very few exceptions to this test, no matter how sympathetic your case is.

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