Businesses with multiple locations, including restaurants and retail establishments, often face a lot of challenges during bankruptcy. They have many financial obligations that can lead to creditor challenges and complicate the process of obtaining a discharge....
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Business Bankruptcy
Why are business bankruptcy filings on the rise?
Corporate America is accustomed to erratic changes in consumer behaviors, market conditions and economic activities. With all these external elements and potential internal conflicts, business owners must know that filing for bankruptcy is always possible....
Are personal assets at risk during or after a business bankruptcy?
Entrepreneurs who operate their businesses as sole proprietorships, simple partnerships or limited liability companies (LLCs) with a single member have a lot of responsibility to work for the success of their organization. They may spend years working long shifts...
What’s the “zone of insolvency” in a business bankruptcy?
The "zone of insolvency" is a term used in bankruptcy law to describe a period when a company is in financial distress, generally when its liabilities exceed its assets. It refers to the point in time when insolvency and bankruptcy become a real possibility. During...
Florida businesses taking advantage of new bankruptcy program to restructure without creditor control
For many businesses facing financial difficulties, Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a tool that allows them to restructure, reorganize and relieve themselves of the burden of their debt through careful planning and setting the business back on the path to profitability. In...
The trouble with rising costs for small businesses
As a business owner, you certainly know that costs have been rising over the past few years. Inflation has played a part, as has the strength of the labor market, which is benefitting from rising wages in certain positions and industries. But many business owners are...
An LLC does not offer absolute personal protection from debt
Those who create a limited liability company (LLC) for a business ordinarily do so for personal protection and flexible taxation opportunities. Members of an LLC have more protection from the risk of personal liability for business matters than owner(s) of sole...
Is your vehicle at risk in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy?
Individuals who pass a means test can potentially file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Adults in Florida past the means test by adjusting their income and comparing it with the state median for their household size. Chapter 7 bankruptcy is popular in part because it is so...
Reorganizing business debts could keep your company solvent
It takes a lot of money to keep a business running. There are rent payments or mortgages for each facility your company operates, as well as the costs of worker wages and benefits. The larger and more successful your company becomes, the more the cost to operate the...
There’s a limit to how much debt you can discharge in Chapter 13
Chapter 13 bankruptcy is a viable solution for business owners and successful professionals with too much debt to balance their budgets but too much income to qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings. Unlike Chapter 7 bankruptcy which has strict income limits that...