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		<title>Get Your Federal Tax Return Done for Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You need your tax returns to file for bankruptcy.  But when you are having bill problems, how do you find the money to get them prepared?  Here is how to get your federal income tax return done free, according to a press release from the Internal Revenue Service. Do Your Federal Taxes for Free with [...]
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		<title>We are a Debt Relief Agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are a debt relief agency at Bankruptcy Law Office.  That means we help people file for relief under the bankruptcy code.  Congress changed in law in 2005 and required that we call ourselves a debt relief agency to make sure you know that we are bankruptcy attorneys. Congress also requires that we give you [...]
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		<title>Who are the Chapter 7 Trustees in Kansas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 7 Trustees The chapter 7 interim trustees for cases filed in the the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas are charged with liquidating non-exempt property and recovering transfers improperly made by you prior to the filing of your petition. They turn these assets into cash and pay the cash to your creditors. [...]
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		<title>Credit Counseling Before Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who files a bankruptcy must get a credit counseling certificate before the bankruptcy can be filed. There are almost no exceptions. You do not have to pay your bills in a debt repayment plan through a credit counselor.  In fact, the credit counselors say 1 to 3% of people who do the pre-bankruptcy counseling [...]
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		<title>Bankruptcy Trustees in Kansas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trustees]]></category>
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		<title>How to Contact the Topeka Bankruptcy Law Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 23:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop being stressed out by bills you can’t pay! Get the fresh start only the federal bankruptcy laws can give you. Contact us at the Topeka Bankruptcy Law Office today! Mark Neis and Jill Michaux, Topeka&#8217;s only consumer bankruptcy law specialists.  You expect board certification in your doctor, expect it in your lawyer, too. Bankruptcy Law [...]
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		<title>Earned Income Tax Credits Now Exempt in Kansas Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 23:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debtors will get to keep one year of earned income tax credits when filing bankruptcy in Kansas. A new law went into effect April 14, 2011, granting the exemption.  This change in the law will prevent bankruptcy trustees from taking the portion of income tax refunds that is EITC, a valuable benefit for low to [...]
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		<title>Money Health Central Takes Mystery Out of Personal Finance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 16:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<title>IRS Gets 90 Days When Clock Stops</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<title>What is the Means Test?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mark Neis, Topeka Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the major tweaks in the 2005 bankruptcy law revision is the so-called means test. Simply put, all consumer debtors must compare household income to their statewide median income of households of similar size. NOTE: debtors with business debts ARE NOT subject to the means test. United States Code §707 (b) (2) (A) (i) (I) [...]
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