The number of companies that are going bankrupt is increasing day by day. The thing that has drastically affected this is how the system of bankruptcy. At first when a company got bankrupt it was thought of as a disgrace and the failure on the part of the business associates that were running the business.
However soon the bankruptcy was used more like a weapon, companies that failed to give their debts, showed that their accounts were nil and the company was bankrupt. This meant that the people to whom the money had to be returned would get nothing. Furthermore as the previous laws state, if the firm is registered as a corporation the amount of payments that will have to be returned to the lenders, will be only the price of all the assets of the corporation and not the personal belonging of the head of the firm.
Thousands of cases have been filed and the result to that was the change in the laws, as the situation was getting critical and the businessmen had started to use the bankruptcy techniques on regular the new bankruptcy law gave the lender exclusive rights. Including the voluntary bankruptcy, this form of bankruptcy can only occur when the borrower is unable to return the money the lender would force the borrower to sell his shares or assets to make up for the payment that the borrower has to return.
There have been other laws that were passed to make sure that the assets of the people and the money of the business did not go into dumps. These laws were backed up by strong judicial law and task forces so that no one takes the shortcut of straight towards the lender, but a proper petition has to be filed giving the detailed description of the entire cause and then the jury reaches a unanimous decision about the final result. After that comes the part of the action that is thoroughly taken and all the related parties are entirely informed about the course of action and its result.
There have been many bankruptcy records, and all of the statistics have been kept in eye so that final ordinances and laws could be passed, and the final law that was passed has been named, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA). This acts has been worked upon for a long time, however the policies of all the countries differs when it comes to the bankruptcy laws, however most of them agree to the BAPCPA. The biggest thing that was enacted was regarding the debtors, and the acts says that if a debtor has filed for bankruptcy, he will have to wait for 8 years to file another request for bankrupt ion.
The basic thing is that it is indeed one of the things that can help the society only if used properly and the information that has been given is vital, there is no straighter way for saying it, if you run out of money and you have no other solution, bankruptcy is the last way out, however make sure that after declaring yourself bankrupt, your credit report according to the new bankruptcy laws would be more like a useless thing, that will not get you any advantage, but it will be a cause of bad repute for your firm. On the other hand, make sure that you are entirely in touch with the judicial system regarding bankruptcy that exists in your country, for as it has been already mentioned that they differ everywhere, and one last caution is for all the people; before agreeing to or signing on anything make sure that you have read the whole thing and are fully aware of all the consequences.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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