Is their a correct answer to this!!!!

[frankie1]

[StartingOver08]

No. This is one of the hard and fast rules of BK - the funds that you receive within 6 months of filing are counted as income. That is why so many people have to wait for large, unusual deposits to fall off their income. If you read through these forums you will see that it is a real issue. The Trustee is not looking to make things fair for you.

[BnkrptcyLwyr]

You include it in your income in full ... but then the trick is that you take it right back out as a "special circumstance."

Yes, I have done it for my clients.

There is case law that a one time bonus is a special circumstance which can be deducted. In re Robinette, 2007 WL 2955960 (Bankr. D. N.M., 2007)