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Minumum debt

Hi all

Just a quickie for a work mate who is struggling with BR. Is there a minumum level of debt that you have to have before you can go BR. Someone has told him you must owe more than £15k before you can do it.

Any ideas please

Jagman

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  • philnicandamy
    philnicandamy Posts: 15,685 Forumite
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    Nope....minimum is £750 (I owed £11,500 and went BR)
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  • Cybachiq
    Cybachiq Posts: 63 Forumite
    Same here, I went BR with just over 11k. ;)
    :T Declared bankrupt 12/09/08 at 2.17pm!:T
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  • coolcait
    coolcait Posts: 4,803 Forumite
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    Hiya

    To make yourself bankrupt in Scotland, you need to have debts of at least £1500. Not £15k.

    HTH
  • Bismarck
    Bismarck Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    Thejagman wrote: »
    Hi all

    Just a quickie for a work mate who is struggling with BR. Is there a minumum level of debt that you have to have before you can go BR. Someone has told him you must owe more than £15k before you can do it.

    Any ideas please

    Jagman

    Just a quickie for your workmate....they need to consider the fees involved in relation to the amount of debt - as unless you're made BR, they can be quite substantial in themselves.
    For what I've done...I start again...And whatever pain may come ...Today this ends... I'm forgiving what I've done -AF since June 2007
  • dalip
    dalip Posts: 7,045 Forumite
    With IVA's you need to have a min debt of 15k so maybe thats where you are getting confused.Dx
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