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Ipa or Not

Hi guys, me and my partner are thinking about bankcrupcy  but how likely is it we will get one iof these ipa

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  • sourcrates
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    Short and sweet post, "one of these IPA" is only actioned if you have more than £20 disposable income at the month end.
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  • Hi sorry, I  dont want to go in to  how we got this much  is debt but  the debt is around 68k.
    Number of adults in household........... 2
    Number of children in household......... 2
    Number of cars owned.................... 1[b]

    Monthly Income Details[/b]
    Monthly income after tax................ 290
    Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
    Benefits................................ 1971
    Other income............................ 0[b]
    Total monthly income.................... 2261[/b][b]

    Monthly Expense Details[/b]
    Mortgage................................ 0
    Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 0
    Rent.................................... 750
    Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
    Council tax............................. 110
    Electricity............................. 65
    Gas..................................... 55
    Oil..................................... 0
    Water rates............................. 42
    Telephone (land line)................... 0
    Mobile phone............................ 45
    TV Licence.............................. 12
    Satellite/Cable TV...................... 30
    Internet Services....................... 25
    Groceries etc. ......................... 650
    Clothing................................ 50
    Petrol/diesel........................... 90
    Road tax................................ 14
    Car Insurance........................... 100
    Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 40
    Car parking............................. 0
    Other travel............................ 0
    Childcare/nursery....................... 0
    Other child related expenses............ 30
    Medical (prescriptions, dentist etc).... 0
    Pet insurance/vet bills................. 0
    Buildings insurance..................... 0
    Contents insurance...................... 11
    Life assurance ......................... 0
    Other insurance......................... 0
    Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 50
    Haircuts................................ 20
    Entertainment........................... 40
    Holiday................................. 30
    Emergency fund.......................... 30[b]
    Total monthly expenses.................. 2289[/b]

    The income  is my partners carers allowance 
    the benefits are universal credit ,child benefit and my sons dla.
    If this helps.
  • If all your income is benefits you won't get an IPA
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