A credit card IVA is a debt management plan set up by the government
to provide a solution to the problem of personal debt and to deal with
the growing issue of personal insolvency. Our clients are licenced to
give IVA advice and do so on the basis that Individual voluntary arrangements
were never designed to be one-size-fits-all cures to any debt problem,
as each person's situation is different.
The needs of one household can be vastly different from
the needs of another person. Any advice given must thus take into account
the uniqueness of the situation people find themselves in.
Generally an Individual Voluntary Arrangement will be
set to run for sixty months (sometimes less) and after this has finished
all the debts are discharged from a person's credit profile. During
this time banks are not allowed to harass or pursue the debtor. The
IVA has the benefits of sequestration and none of the disadvantages.
An instrument such
as this writes off most of a person's debt at the start of the programme
(although be wary of the claims made in some advertising: it is rarely
more than 60 or 65% of unsecured debt which may be 'written off' in
this way). All good credit card IVA advice of this nature will make
sure you get the best results with the lowest monthly repayments together
with the highest proportion of debt write-off at the outset.
So complete the
application form below for impartial credit card IVA advice which is
right for your own personal circumstances.
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Most sorts of credit
card IVA will usually be drawn up to run for sixty months, although
sometimes this will vary. At the conclusion of the agreed term the debt
is considered to have been paid off in full and the client exonerated.
Any debt records which have been registered against the client's name
and address will be struck from the credit records as applicable.
A number of disciplines
have emerged related to aspects of insolvency, and these include the
legal sector as well as more recent professions including consultants.
All such experts have their own strengths and weaknesses. Each one will
have a different area of specialisation which you should benefit from
to your advantage. Making use of a credit card IVA should ensure that
the turnaround from insolvency is much quicker and easier.
A credit card IVA
will be generally framed by a specialist insolvency practitioner and
will be drafted especially to address the specific requirements. There
is no average approach to such a process as all situations are different
to the next, and some circumstances differ exceedingly. The insolvency
practitioner will now draw up the optimum strategy for the applicant's
own particular situation and draw up a programme of payments to creditors
which is generally five years, although in certain cases this can change.
In order to qualify
for a credit card IVA the client must be able to demonstrate a salary
or earnings which is above a stated minimum amount and have arrears
with a total value of more than a specified sum and not greater than
a specified maxima, and such figures may alter from one insolvency company
to the next. Usually the income must exceed the calculated repayments
after other bills have been met such as the mortgage and utility bills
and council tax, etc. The average minimum amount of personal debt is
around £2,000 though this can vary. A ceiling of £50,000
is imposed in a few cases, though by going through a broker the applicant
will be steered towards the appropriate service to look after their
own particular circumstances.
The client's creditors
are barred from getting in touch with the client once the credit card
IVA is started. The creditors may not chase up the debt, and if they
insist on doing so they will be committing a felony and will be penalized,
which may include a fine or even taking away their licence to trade
if they are a debt collector. The applicant has this guarantee against
the tiresome phone calls and other methods these companies use in order
to intimidate their prey.
A credit card IVA
is a useful legal instrument and most would jump at the chance of taking
one out as it is santioned by the law and discharges the holder from
the entire debt at the end of the term. It is a much more amiable answer
to long-term insolvency than other more draconian instruments like bankruptcy
and carries none of bankruptcy's stigma.
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