Can You Complete an IVA and Keep Your Car?
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By Mary black
Published on 08/24/2010
If you are facing a serious debt problem and after consulting with an experienced debt advisor, like Debtsolver, you find an IVA
to be the debt solution that’s best suited to your circumstances,
you’ll need to know how it’ll affect your assets. In relation to a
petition for bankruptcy, an IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement)
affords you a far greater degree of protection for your assets. So,
providing you uphold your end of the deal and maintain the repayment
plan that has been agreed, your assets will remain, on the whole,
untouched.
If you are facing a serious debt problem and after consulting with an experienced debt advisor, like Debtsolver, you find an IVA
to be the debt solution that’s best suited to your circumstances,
you’ll need to know how it’ll affect your assets. In relation to a
petition for bankruptcy, an IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement)
affords you a far greater degree of protection for your assets. So,
providing you uphold your end of the deal and maintain the repayment
plan that has been agreed, your assets will remain, on the whole,
untouched. For
the majority of people, the most valuable asset they own will be their
home. In the case of your IVA, it may be necessary to release some of
the equity you hold in order to service the IVA
payments but you will keep your home. Of course, if you fail to keep up
with the IVA payments you are at risk of bankruptcy and your assets
would pass to the Official Receiver or Trustee. For
anyone whose car was bought through a finance agreement and you’re
still paying for it off, the payments will usually be factored into
your IVA and you’ll be able to keep making them. As with any change in
your financial circumstances, you must keep your Insolvency
Practitioner informed. Your IVA payments will be adapted to suit these
new circumstances. So, if you finish the finance agreement during your
IVA, you’ll be able to afford to make a greater payment towards the IVA. As
is the case with rented property, if your car is deemed to be overly
expensive, there is a chance that you’ll have to go for a cheaper
alternative and make a greater contribution to your debt repayment.
It’s all based on your circumstances though. There’s no single answer
that suits everyone because everyone is in a different financial
situation. It’s best to talk to a debt advisor about your specific debt
problem and work out the best solution for you.