An IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement) is a form of consumer debt
consolidation program set up by the government of the day to try to
eliminate personal debt and to deal with the issue of individual insolvency.
We are licenced to give advice on the basis that IVAs are never
one-size-fits-all quick fixes to any financial problem, as individual
circumstances are different.
The needs of one
person can be vastly different from the needs of another person or household.
Any consumer debt consolidation advice given must thus take into account
the uniqueness of the situation people find themselves in.
Normally an IVA will be set to run for 60 months (sometimes
less) and when this is complete all the debts are cleared from a person's
credit history. During this time none of the banks are permitted to
pursue or harass the debtor. The IVA has all the benefits of sequestration
while having none of the drawbacks.
An instrument such
as this will write off the larger part of your debt at the start of
the programme (although beware of the exaggerated claims made in some
advertising: it is seldom much more than 60 or 65% of total unsecured
debt which can be 'written off'). Any decent debt consolidation advice
will ensure you get the best results with the lowest repayments together
with the highest proportion of debt written off at the outset.
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Governments generally
attempt to help people who suffer from insolvency in a number of ways.
There are recognised schemes like CVAs and IVAs to facilitate the methods
of both corporate and personal debt recovery and to try to palliate
what has always been a difficult procedure, and clearly consumer debt
consolidation is involved in this. The aim tends to be towards protecting
personal assets wherever possible and in safeguarding the property of
individuals by using statutory measures. This an arrangement applies
to individual assets as much as the assets of corporations.
A number of disciplines
have grown up surrounding the area of insolvent cases, and these include
the legal sector and more recent professions including such diverse
types as consultants. All such experts have their own strengths. Each
one will have their own area of expertise which you should make use
of to your advantage. Making use of consumer debt consolidation should
ensure that the turnaround from insolvency is much easier.
In order to qualify
for consumer debt consolidation the applicant must show proof of earnings
in excess of a certain minimum and have arrears of not less than a certain
amount and not more than a specified maxima, and such values will alter
from one insolvency firm to another. Usually income should be proved
to cover the calculated repayments after other bills have been met including
the mortgage and fuel bills. The usual minimum amount of personal debt
is around £2,000 although this may vary. A ceiling of £50,000
is given in a few cases, though by making use of a third party the applicant
may be directed to appropriate source of help to look after their own
situation.
Creditors are not
permitted to try to contact the client once the consumer debt consolidation
through an IVA or some other means has been decreed. The creditors may
not chase up the debt under any circumstances, and if they continue
to do so they will be committing a felony for which there are quite
severe penalties, including a fine or possibly taking away their licence
to trade if they are a debt collecting company. The client always has
this guarantee against the tedious phone calls and other methods that
these people use to harass their prey.
A great benefit
of such an arrangement is that it may instantly cur the debt by a massive
proportion. Normally this can be as high as 60 percent, often even more.
This great cut in debt makes a substantial difference and is one of
several things that distinguishes this from a conventional debt relief
program. So anyone seeking help for debt relief would be best advised
to apply for this over a standard debt relief programme on all occasions.
Consumer debt consolidation
is a useful legal instrument and most people would jump at the chance
of entering into one because it is sanctioned by the law and releases
the client from the entire debt when the term has been completed. This
is a more benign resolution to an individual's debt problem than other
more punitive measures such as making the debtor bankrupt and it carries
no stigma.
An instrument of
consumer debt consolidation such as an IVA will be usually prepared
by a specialist and qualified insolvency practitioner and will be drafted
especially to cover the specific requirements. There is no such thing
as a typical attitude to these processes because every situation differs,
and some situations are vastly different. The insolvency practitioner
will then prepare the best features in accordance with the applicant's
own individual situation and then ratify a programme of repayments to
a central fund which is generally over 60 months, though in certain
situations this can change.
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