Bear with me if started an duplicate thread. I am new to this!
I just filed Ch. 7 on 6/15/09 - it was not an easy decision but after weighing all the options, it was the best choice. Went over everything at two different meetings with my attorney. Passed the means test, everything was in order. I received my notification for my 341 hearing and the notice from the bankruptcy court that there is no presumption of abuse.
Monday I get a phone call from my atty saying that the trustee is auditing my paperwork and says that I submitted two identical paystubs for Dec 2008 and the total on the final paystub does not match the income on my 2008 tax return. I said I would review the information and send him new copies of everything - paystubs, W2's, tax return, etc. In reviewing them again, I realized that the discrepancy was the amount of money I made last year at my part time job. I did submit those to my atty. So it's looking like my attorney didn't submit those with my initial filing and I now have to file an amendment.
The difference is $1200 and it still puts me under the means for my state but I am afraid that this is going to flagged as fraud. That I deliberately didn't submit this as income when I did in fact give the pay stubs to my atty. Over the first 6 months of '09, I have only earned $372.00 at my part time job so it's hardly a steady stream of income. They call me, I work, that's it. There's no regular schedule.
Thoughts?
I just filed Ch. 7 on 6/15/09 - it was not an easy decision but after weighing all the options, it was the best choice. Went over everything at two different meetings with my attorney. Passed the means test, everything was in order. I received my notification for my 341 hearing and the notice from the bankruptcy court that there is no presumption of abuse.
Monday I get a phone call from my atty saying that the trustee is auditing my paperwork and says that I submitted two identical paystubs for Dec 2008 and the total on the final paystub does not match the income on my 2008 tax return. I said I would review the information and send him new copies of everything - paystubs, W2's, tax return, etc. In reviewing them again, I realized that the discrepancy was the amount of money I made last year at my part time job. I did submit those to my atty. So it's looking like my attorney didn't submit those with my initial filing and I now have to file an amendment.
The difference is $1200 and it still puts me under the means for my state but I am afraid that this is going to flagged as fraud. That I deliberately didn't submit this as income when I did in fact give the pay stubs to my atty. Over the first 6 months of '09, I have only earned $372.00 at my part time job so it's hardly a steady stream of income. They call me, I work, that's it. There's no regular schedule.
Thoughts?
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