National Foreclosure Settlement claim website

If your home was in the foreclosure process in 2009 or 2010, and you believe that your mortgage servicer’s actions cost you money, you have the right to have the process reviewed by a neutral third party.  If they find an error, you may be eligible for compensation.  The site indicates that the home only had to be in the foreclsoure process in 2009 or 2010. Therefore, if the foreclosure was not actually conducted until later, or has not...

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Unemployment is taxable; taxes and bankruptcy

Many people that I work with have received unemployment insurance at some point in 2012.   Since unemployment insurance is often a fraction of what their paycheck was, they often elect not to have taxes withheld from their weekly benefit. As a result, these taxes that are not withheld during the year, are due at tax time in April of the following year. For people that have substantial deductions and/or credits, like home mortgage interest or...

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