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What are the max allowances when working out your expenses?

we are earning £26k pa and our expenses don’t look that much but we really can’t pay our debts

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  • TRX808
    TRX808 Posts: 47 Forumite
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    What are the max allowances when working out your expenses?

    we are earning £26k pa and our expenses don’t look that much but we really can’t pay our debts
    It depends on how many adults (and children) live in property I would suggest to complete online debt remedy tool on Stepchange web site, You said "We" but remember DRO application can not be joint. 
  • sourcrates
    sourcrates Posts: 31,481 Ambassador
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    You most likely won`t qualify for a DRO when you earn so much, payments to creditors are disregarded for budgeting purposes in a DRO.
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free wannabe, Credit file and ratings, and Bankruptcy and living with it boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.For free non-judgemental debt advice, contact either Stepchange, National Debtline, or CitizensAdviceBureaux.Link to SOA Calculator- https://www.stoozing.com/soa.php The "provit letter" is here-https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2607247/letter-when-you-know-nothing-about-about-the-debt-aka-prove-it-letter
  • We are two adults and three kids
  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 22,912 Forumite
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    Post a statement of affairs and we'll have a look. You make it sound like you do have surplus income when you say 'our expenses don’t look that much' 

    The 'max expenses' can be flexible if there is a genuine need for the expenditure.
  • When I fill out the forms it looks like we have enough but the reality is we don’t have enough to live on, let alone keep paying off all these monthly payments.

    i supposed the problem is a lot of things our expanses go on may not be considered essential for example we do spend a lot on alcohol and cigarettes 
  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 22,912 Forumite
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    That's sort of the point of a statement of affairs - it makes you analyse where things are going.
    So keep a record of what you spend on alcohol and what you spend on cigarettes and put those figures in - then ask some hard questions about what needs to be cut and how.
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