Common forms include debt settlement, debt management, debt consolidation and bankruptcy. To decide which debt relief option ...

Not sure if a DIY or professional tax resolution is more appropriate for your situation? Here's what to consider.

Attorney Rae Kaplan of Kaplan Law Firm joins John Williams to talk about how Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will impact your student loans. Rae breaks it all down and answers all of your student ...

Debt consolidation and bankruptcy are strategies to relieve debt, but the effects are radically different. Bankruptcy can ...

Debt relief fees are typically between 15% and 25% of the debt balance you start with. Fees should only be charged after the company negotiates a settlement for you, never up front.

On June 10, the CFPB moved to reopen its 2021 enforcement action against the final remaining defendant in a student debt relief case involving over $3.4 million in alleged illegal advance fees.

On the plus side, up to $750 of monthly Social Security benefits are protected. Some student debt relief scams are just a shakedown for cash from people who are having trouble paying their bills.

On May 1, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered the former owner of a now-defunct debt-relief company to pay over $43 million in restitution and penalties.

Debt settlement, aka debt relief, debt resolution or debt negotiation, means contacting your creditors and asking them to accept less than the amount you owe as payment in full.

A new law signed by Indiana Gov. Mike Braun tightens rules around debt issuance for local governments and school districts. A new Indiana law promising property tax relief will make it harder for ...

While most debt relief companies require clients have $10,000 in unsecured debt, National Debt Relief 's minimum is only $7,500. It operates in 47 states and the District of Columbia, making it a ...

But freedom isn’t truly free for Adams, whose legal defense fund reported $3 million in debt to his lawyers and others involved in defending him, with much of it owed to his high-powered lawyer ...