Does going to a credit counseling service really help when in credit card debt?
Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at
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"Debt negotiators," posing as non-profit organizations, can ruin your credit even further, advising you not to pay your credit card bills at all. They also charge upfront fees, maintenance fees, and monthly fees, all of which are supposed to be placed in a "trust" account. Then, after many months have passed, debt negotiators finally convince creditors to settle for less money than was owed, making yours an "uncollectible account."
That tactic not only ruins your credit, due to the many "over 90 days late" remarks and collections notations, but all the money you supposedly saved — which was actually money you owed — will be considered as income by the IRS! In other words, if you owed $20,000 and settled for $12,000, you’d be required to list the $8,000 difference as income!
Credit repair companies promise to help clear up your credit problems. They write letters to credit bureaus, stating that various listed information is false, so the agencies will remove that information while they investigate your account. During that time, the credit repair company sends you a clean credit report, thereby giving you the false impression that you now have good credit. But after you’ve paid off the credit repair company, you’ll discover that all the negative items will soon reappear on your report. get more information from: http://www.card-gallery.com/