Expenses if under the median income?

[sofarindebt]

How close does the trustee look at your expenses if you are under the median? Do they just fly through it or what? We are about 8K under the median, so is that "close" to them? enough for them to look at expenses and such? I was just curious because our expenses come VERY close to our income.

[Granny]

How close does the trustee look at your expenses if you are under the median?

We were under the median by about the same amount. Our trustee was concerned because my attorney had cut my expenses so low, for instance, 275.00 a month for food for a family of 5. I believe that as long as you are within or below the standards, you should be ok. That is provided you don't have anything excessive in the "Other" categories.

[SinkingFast]

There was a recent thread about "How Much Monthly Deficit?".

http://www.bankruptcyforum.com/showthread.php?t=12871

It's really gonna depend on your own particular circumstances.

We had a drop in income that put us below the Median. We didn't owe for a car, house, or anything Secured or Priority. Just the CC debt and monthly living expenses. Our attny showed us +$12/mo on I vs J for our living expenses.