A bank set-off is when a creditor takes money out of your bank account because you missed one or more payments on a debt you owe them. Set-offs that happened in the 90 days before your bankruptcy filing are listed on your Statement of Financial Affairs (Form 107) in response to Question 11.
Another type of set-off happens with tax refunds. The federal government can keep all or part of your tax refund for unpaid taxes or defaulted student loans.
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A charge-off is when a creditor moves a past-due debt into a new category in their internal accounting system, usually for tax purposes. Charge-offs often go hand-in-hand with selling or transferring the debt to a collection agency or debt collector. But a charge-off doesn’t eliminate the debt, so you still need to list the collection agency or debt collector on your bankruptcy forms.
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