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1 Year on and now Discharged

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  • fiveyearplan
    fiveyearplan Posts: 10,145 Forumite
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    If there is no IPA set then one cannot now be implemented.

    :j :j


  • AAW_2
    AAW_2 Posts: 162 Forumite
    Thanks for clearing that up for me.

    That's great News:beer: Well Done
  • HEADACHE
    HEADACHE Posts: 144 Forumite
    Apparently the IS have a yearly BRU quota they have to meet,probably part of the govt targets thingy.
    Does anyone know how a BRU/BRO is policed by the OR or trustee??
  • HEADACHE wrote: »
    Apparently the IS have a yearly BRU quota they have to meet,probably part of the govt targets thingy.
    Does anyone know how a BRU/BRO is policed by the OR or trustee??

    Not sure if its really policed, i think when going for the BRU they work on trust. We are however entered onto a BRU/BRO register on the IS website, that gives the details of why you have a BRU and also the start and finish date and also the details of who to contact should anyone think we are breaking our BRU/BRO. Not sure if it appears on credit reports, i will find out in a month when i apply for mine.
    Life is like a game of Snakes & Ladders, i almost made it to the top but now i'm at the bottom again and its a very long ladder to the top. I had it all and now its gone :eek:
    Well my 6 years are now up, now to start to rebuild my life again

    BSC Member 95
  • JCS1
    JCS1 Posts: 5,347 Forumite
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    HEADACHE wrote: »
    Apparently the IS have a yearly BRU quota they have to meet,probably part of the govt targets thingy.
    Does anyone know how a BRU/BRO is policed by the OR or trustee??

    The actual procedure is something like this:
    • Examiner contacts bank, credit card companies for copy statements, pulls together a draft report
    • AOR reviews report and gives suggestions
    • Report goes to Authorisation Team in London for their review and input
    • back and forth between AT/Examiner/AOR with comments
    • If AT give go ahead, BRU/BRO put to person
    • BRU signed or BRO in court
    After that, you've either signed a legally binding undertaking or got a court order to abide by.
  • Im due to be getting a BRU,but I dont need to borrow money anyhow.Besides,the banks arent lending and my credit file is rubbish anyhow after being BR.Ive got my health and a great brain,thats all I need to make money,not some rip off bank or credit card.I also didnt have to do an IPA/IPO thing so all my money is my own.Did you know that under an IPO,if you work hard and pay 40% tax,with a IPO at 70% of surplus,you only get to keep 15p in every £1 earnt? 15p!!!!!! thats like paying 85% tax!!!!! so glad I didnt get into that,lifes tough enough without being penalised on future earnings.
  • JCS1 wrote: »
    The actual procedure is something like this:
    • Examiner contacts bank, credit card companies for copy statements, pulls together a draft report
    • AOR reviews report and gives suggestions
    • Report goes to Authorisation Team in London for their review and input
    • back and forth between AT/Examiner/AOR with comments
    • If AT give go ahead, BRU/BRO put to person
    • BRU signed or BRO in court
    After that, you've either signed a legally binding undertaking or got a court order to abide by.

    It took them almost 3 months to decide after my F2F follow up interview to tell me they were proceeding with BRU/BRO, i almost thought they had decided not to take it any further.

    Not sure why they didn't give me an IPA as they were informed that i had a surplus of around £160, guess they were too busy sorting out the BRU to notice :rolleyes:, not that i'm complaining;)
    Life is like a game of Snakes & Ladders, i almost made it to the top but now i'm at the bottom again and its a very long ladder to the top. I had it all and now its gone :eek:
    Well my 6 years are now up, now to start to rebuild my life again

    BSC Member 95
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