Questions tagged [debt]
The debt tag refers to all situations where money is owed to another party, often a bank or other financial institutions. This tag covers how to get out of debt, how much debt to carry, and other borrowing related questions.
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High credit card debt strategies - while doing R&D and trying to launch your own tech startup
In 2016, I made a series of hasty startup decisions to put large business purchases on my personal credit cards - that's around 80% of my current $150k in open credit card debt.
For the most part, ...
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Merging company hidden debt [closed]
One business partner does not disclose bad debt in a corporation before merging with another. Once it was noticed in the pre-existing books six months later, the merging company wrote it off as bad ...
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Open Credit Card Debt and Salary needed to not go bankrupt
I'm in a strange situation with close to $150,000 in open credit card debt and currently can't make the next payment. (While they were initially low-ish APR's. They are all at 16-27% APR or higher.)
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What would the formula for loan payoff with daily compounded interest and paid 5 days per wk?
I'm interested in calculating the impact of making payments on my student loans daily (5 payments per wk).
For example my current loan is 50,000$ @ 5.05% interest compounded daily. The term of the ...
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Why can't US students borrow at US-bond rates for studies?
Inspired by this question: How can I prepare for my US student debt?
I can see the interest rate is a staggering 9%, is it true students can't aquire more cheaper finance? And if it is true, why? ...
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How can I prepare for my US student debt?
I'm a student at Drexel University. Drexel is a notoriously expensive school, and I pay roughly $35,000/yr in tuition, after awards. What's more, it is a five-year school. Currently, I'm in my fourth ...
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How do I know what and how much my debt is?
I had excellent credit, large amount of savings, and opened a wine bar. As money drained, and debts accrued the landlords got selfish and I didn't have the funds to fight it in court (at the time), ...
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If I carry a lot of debt and few assets, how should I make out a will?
How should I word my will if my debts outweigh my assets? I don't want to leave any family members stuck with a huge bill when I finally pass away, so what should my will say?
Clarification: This is ...
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If I claim my parent on taxes does that make me responsible for their past debts?
I have supported my parent for most of the year and paid for everything. Housing/food/transportation and other things. So I want to claim them on my taxes.
My concern is this:
They have a large ...
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Redemption Date and value of a Debt
In Indian Stock Market, When I searching for Debt Securities I found the following fields.
Redemption Date
Redemption Amount
Conversion Date
Conversion Amount
What does it mean for? Is the ...
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How to pass on personal debt for R&D to a startup?
I just realized that I've lived frugally for the past year and most of what I make goes into paying off some hasty decisions in 6 digits worth of (now) high APR credit card debt.
I've spent quite a ...
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What should I do when my friend doesn't pay back a loan I gave him? [closed]
I lent money to my friend for his wedding through my credit card. It was around $5,000. He said that he would pay me back within 1 month. It has been almost 5 months. Every time on his salary date I ...
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Paying off debt and living within means vs. long term planning
My husband and I are divided as to the best way to handle our current financial situation. First, a little background.
We are in our high 20’s, have been married for six years and have three kids. ...
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Paying off student loans in anticipation of home purchase
I graduated college in May and have been working full time since. I have $19,000 in student loan debt, all subsidized/no interest yet, that goes into repayment soon. I am also getting married next ...
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How do I calculate the benefit of contributing to 401K vs paying off consumer debt?
I have a ~$15,000 loan with a 6% interest rate.
My company matches half of my 401K contributions up to 6%, and I am in a 25% tax bracket. I currently contribute 15% of my income to my 401K.
How do ...
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What does it take to get a 0 credit score
I'm not sure if a 0 credit score is the same thing as having 'no credit history'. I'm wondering how long it would take a credit score to drop to 0 (something Dave Ramsey says happens eventually after ...
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Clear (agreed) overdraft or start emergency fund first?
From what I have read, the general consensus is that it is best to set up an emergency fund first and foremost before beginning the process of clearing debt, regardless of how illogical that approach ...
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Should I pay myself back for paying family's rent out of our pool of money?
A few months ago, I paid the $1,500 rent on the house where my family and I lived. My siblings and I are in college and we work part time jobs to get by.
My father could not afford to pay the rent ...
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INR 10 million borrowed from friend at 7% interest per annum
If my friend transfers INR 10,000,000 into my bank account and we make a legal document for the same to return the amount at 7% per annum for next 12 yrs, should I pay tax on the same?
If my salary ...
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Cash out Roth IRA or not?
I am 28 years old and in nursing school full time. I will graduate in May with my RN. I have about $10,000 in credit card debt costing about 20% interest and I am only able to make the minimum ...
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Wife is cosigned on a credit card with her parents — real assets are also shared. How to protect my credit?
A few years ago I got a credit monitoring app and started watching my credit score (high 700's). It's been climbing slowly and sends me an alert when I apply for new credit - like when I bought a car ...
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Monthly terms on mortage are significantly lower than rent, but I already have debt. Does it make sense to buy a house?
Short version. We are currently saving around 1.5k a month. We have 3k in savings. We have around 80k in debt. We earn 55k a year.
The monthly payments on a mortgage for a 180k house are ...
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Buying a brand new luxury car
I read this and this questions - although not all of the answers. My question is fairly similar to the first linked question although I have different circumstances.
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I am a 29-year old ...
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Financial Debt status
I took loan of GBP 4000 in 1996 & then left UK in 1997 without paying. I also used credit card & bank cheques for GBP 6000 but left UK without paying.
Are these debts erased from my identity ...
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How is early-and-often home buying as “get rich” advice feasible?
I am being told by this guy that the following is a guaranteed-to-work way to become rich and retire early.
He says to start early. 20 years, or near that age. Buy 1 house a year. Rent it out. Start ...
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Settle credit card debt now or wait
Several years ago, I had 3 credit cards. After having financial issues (job loss and several other unfortunate events), I was not able to keep up with the monthly payments. I stopped payments on all ...
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Withdrawal from Roth IRA?
I am thinking of withdrawing all of my money from my Roth IRA as of now. I currently only have a balance of $2536 and have only $283 in investment returns. I know, how there will be some taxes ...
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Transferring personal debt from startup costs and operations to a corporation
For a long time, I've been a one person startup, and have just bundled all business costs - presenting at conferences/travel, office rent, hardware equipment purchases, etc., to my personal account. ...
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Do CDO tranches have different maturities?
While doing a bit of research on CDO's online I stumbled upon something that I cant quite clear up. For a sequential pay CDO with a reinvestment period are all the tranches paid down (assuming no ...
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Why do CDO's have a reinvestment period?
If CDO's collect all the cashflows from their underlying assets and then pay them out to the CDO investors whats the need for a reinvestment period? and where is the principal that is being reinvested ...
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Should I use 3k on my vehicle loan to get out of debt?
I currently am in debt with a vehicle loan about 18,900$ and with 12k student loan debt. I currently have 3300$ that I have in my savings account not being used at all. I currently have a 1k emergency ...
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How to mark an invoice as bad debt to show as business expense
I have several invoices I've billed clients, and they have never paid. How would I label or categorize the invoice, so that it shows as a business "bad debt", and thus go as an expense on my P&L ...
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Should I take out a loan to pay off a relative's credit card debt?
Recently a close relative revealed to me that she has run up $40,000 in credit card debt over the last few years, which she can no longer manage because the interest payments are eating up all of her ...
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How to handle surprise debt mostly comprising bank charges
I left the UK back in 2012 and had an open account with one of the high street banks. Two years ago (and unknown to me) this account was 60 pounds over-drawn (facility was for about 300 pounds).
I ...
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Unexpected cash - pay off debts or buy home (to reduce child support expense)?
There are quite a few people who seem to handle personal budgeting questions, so I'll ask here, as my situation recently changed.
I am a recently divorced father of 3, and was ordered to pay child ...
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Should I get out of debt fast using Dave Ramsey's Tactics?
I currently am $31,000 in debt from school and a personal loan and I am looking to pay it off. I just started a new job; I am 21 years old, fresh out of college. I am making around 50K USD.
I have ...
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Easy ways to hedge against debt overleverage and potential inflation as a personal economic agent
Every prediction is correct... at some point in the future. However, there are economical indicators that would be considered teaching points if a financial crisis were to occur at any point in the ...
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I am a co-founder departing from a startup with debt, should I cover a portion of the debt on exit? [closed]
I'm a minority partner in an e-commerce startup, now departing due to personal reasons after being with the team for a couple of years.
Founders agreement has a clearly outlined 4-year vesting ...
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Pay off car debt, or start (value) investing?
I am looking for a method to calculate - or estimate - whether it would be better to pay off car debt or start value investing in stocks.
My history:
We are soon to get about 1900 USD/month in ...
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In what order should I decrease my loan debt?
I currently have federal student loans, and a personal loan I took out for college. Below are my percentages for each. I am wondering which loans I should start paying off first to ultimately not ...
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How can I survive the economic crisis I see will hit Argentina soon?
I'm from Argentina, where the shit is about to hit the fan just like 2001. We are going to have a crisis similar to Greece in recent times (or us 17 years ago): all debt related.
I'm not an economic ...
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how to calculate holding period returns of a bond if they coupon is reinvested?
I was reading a book about debt securities and bonds. There is a way given in the book that calculates HPR of the bond.
If an investor purchases a bond at Rs. 104, earns Rs. 8 as coupon,
which ...
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Which is better -to save money or pay down debt?
Generally speaking, if you've come into a little bit of money (for example, the profit from the sale of real estate), is it better to use that money to pad your savings account or pay down your debt ...
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Ramifications of not paying a credit card
Scenario - Credit Card bill has not been paid for about a year. (A small amount, about $1700.00)
There's a debate in the family.
One side says pay it all off now (money was received from the sale of ...
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Potential debt collection scam from National Credit Systems?
Yesterday I received a letter in the mail from an organization called National Credit Systems. In the letter, they say that I owe them $230 to the apartment manager that I rented from 3 years ago. I ...
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Should I Invest While Attending College?
Should I invest a portion of my summer job income this summer, or should I save it all to help pay for my Freshman year in college? I figure since I'm still living at home, it would be best to utilize ...
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Can bank take money from my account if my parent has debt in same bank?
As title says I am interested if bank can take my money from my account in case my parent has debt in that same bank (or in other words owes money to that same bank)?
Most importantly, is this ...
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1099-C question
I did not work in 2017, and do not have any W2 forms for 2017. I am single, and I have been living on family support, I am currently trying to get disability.
I received a 1099-C form in 2017 from a ...
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Newbie Question regarding Fiat Currency & the 'Promise to Pay' statement [closed]
I am a newbie and wanted to ask a quick question regarding statements that economists make, that is:
"A currency is a promise to pay"
"US will not be able to pay it's debt"
So that I can ...
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Who to contact to understand my credit score?
When I was a kid, all the way until I was about 18, I was very ill. I would often have to go to the doctor or hospital and get treatments and scanned, etc.
I have multiple debts that occurred when I ...
