I'm just venting.
I filed BK chapter 7 in October of 2006. I was discharged in March of 2007. I lost part of my tax return to the trustee at that time. The check was sent to the trustee and then the trustee refunded my exempt portion to me.
Well this year I filed my taxes and am expecting a return. I planned on using the return to pay off the credit card we used for some car repairs at the end of last year. So we have been waiting to pay this months payments until we got our return so we could just pay it off. Well. Our return didn't come and didn't come. Finally I look online at it says that there is a problem with our return and to call this number. I called the number and they say that there is a hold on our return because of pending litigation, it looks like we are in a bankruptcy. He couldn't tell me anything more, but he did give me a different number to call. I can't get through the automated system at the differnt number to talk to someone about it because it hasn't been 6-8 weeks since our return was filed yet.
So finally, I called our lawyer that we did the bankruptcy with. He is sending a letter to the trustee to make sure that she releases the hold on our tax return from last year. He also said he would mention it to her this afternoon at his 341 meetings.
The partial return we couldn't exempt and a preferential payment (balance transfer) that our trustee went after have made our case an asset case. So we aren't closed yet, that could also be why the hold was never released.
So I guess we are sending payments of to the credit cards this month and when we FINALLY get the return we will pay it off.
But I'm sure I'll be getting a nice bill in the mail from the lawyer for his time to pull our file, email the trustee, and talk to her about this. Just what I need more bill for my bankruptcy lawyer a year after my discharge.
I filed BK chapter 7 in October of 2006. I was discharged in March of 2007. I lost part of my tax return to the trustee at that time. The check was sent to the trustee and then the trustee refunded my exempt portion to me.
Well this year I filed my taxes and am expecting a return. I planned on using the return to pay off the credit card we used for some car repairs at the end of last year. So we have been waiting to pay this months payments until we got our return so we could just pay it off. Well. Our return didn't come and didn't come. Finally I look online at it says that there is a problem with our return and to call this number. I called the number and they say that there is a hold on our return because of pending litigation, it looks like we are in a bankruptcy. He couldn't tell me anything more, but he did give me a different number to call. I can't get through the automated system at the differnt number to talk to someone about it because it hasn't been 6-8 weeks since our return was filed yet.
So finally, I called our lawyer that we did the bankruptcy with. He is sending a letter to the trustee to make sure that she releases the hold on our tax return from last year. He also said he would mention it to her this afternoon at his 341 meetings.
The partial return we couldn't exempt and a preferential payment (balance transfer) that our trustee went after have made our case an asset case. So we aren't closed yet, that could also be why the hold was never released.
So I guess we are sending payments of to the credit cards this month and when we FINALLY get the return we will pay it off.
But I'm sure I'll be getting a nice bill in the mail from the lawyer for his time to pull our file, email the trustee, and talk to her about this. Just what I need more bill for my bankruptcy lawyer a year after my discharge.
. At least it sounds like you've worked things out and will get your return. Lots of hoops to jump to get there though, and to have to pay more to your lawyer as well....no wonder you are frustrated. Hang in there - glad you were able to vent about this. Keep us posted about what you find out, ok?
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