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What classifies as a payment plan

If you have arranged your own payments with debt collection agencies by calling/writing, is it still considered an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA), a live Debt Relief Order (DRO), or a Pay Plan (the actual agency) arrangement?

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  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    If you arrange you own repayments then it would simply be classed as an informal repayment plan.
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  • Emmzi
    Emmzi Posts: 8,658 Forumite
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    the answer depends a bit on who is asking. For example if a question on a loan application says "have you ever entered into a.." then the answer is yes.
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