You need to discuss this with your attorney. Once you receive your tax refund, it's part of your personal assets that could be seized to pay creditors.
If you file bankruptcy before you get your taxes then the government will keep your tax refund and put it towards your debt. The bankruptcy court has 1 year to go back and open your case even after your bankruptcy has been discharged. If you can prove that the money is needed/used for catching up rent or other nessacery bills they will not take it.
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You can try, but with a recent bankruptcy it won't be very advantageous to do so.
Try searching your credit report for info. Last resort would be to go to Lawyer that filed your bankruptcy.
A Chapter 7 bankruptcy case typically lasts between three and four months. Once the case is filed, there is a meeting of creditors (known as the 341 meeting) approximately 30-40 days after the case is filed. After the meeting, creditors have approximately 60 days to file objections or adversarial complaints to the debtor's discharge. Once that time frame has expired, the Clerk of the US Bankruptcy Court will send the Discharge Order to all creditors, to the debtor and to the debtor's attorney.
If you are asking whether you will receive an income tax refund while you still owe taxes, the answer is no. The IRS will require payments and keep your refunds until the bill is paid in full.
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If the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy is still active you probably will need to turn over this to the Chapter 13 Trustee. At the least you need to ask the Trustee about the refund amount and if it must be submitted or not.
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You can try, but with a recent bankruptcy it won't be very advantageous to do so.
You should file your income tax returns if you qualify for any of the refund amounts and see what happens. You can file for a refund up to 3 years from the due date of the tax return and receive the amount of the refund that you qualify for after that period of time the refund is no longer available to you. For the 2006 tax year income tax return the last day to file and receive the refund amount would have been April 15 2010.
IF the question is asked to you.. Have you EVER filed.. then yes, you do have to answer, if it only askes you if in the last 10 years have you ever filed you could say no.
You can file bankruptcy again 7 years after the last time you filed.
Try searching your credit report for info. Last resort would be to go to Lawyer that filed your bankruptcy.
I have a tax file with H R Block from last year all i have to do is pay for it to be filed when I do that will I be able to get this years taxes refunded by cash back
the economic stimulous checks are mailed out (or direct deposited) according to when you filed your 2007 income tax statement. If your refund was direct deposit to your bank account - you will be among the first to receive a check. if you filed late, and requested a regular check (instead of direct deposit) you will get your check last.
If received for last year yes. the one for next year, received after filing, no.