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With the change in the new bankruptcy law effective October 2005, it is now necessary for consumers to get credit counseling within the six months before filing bankruptcy. The credit counseling service must be from a government approved credit and debt counseling organization. //www.usdoj. cc_approved.htm

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If you aren't disciplined enough to create a workable budget and stick to it, can't work out a repayment plan with your creditors, or can't keep track of mounting bills, consider contacting a consumer credit counseling service. Your creditors may be willing to accept reduced payments if you enter into a debt repayment plan with a reputable organization. In these plans, you deposit money each month with the credit counseling service. Your deposits are used to pay your creditors according to a payment schedule developed by the counselor. As part of the repayment plan, you may have to agree not to apply for, or use, any additional credit while you're participating in the program.(By the way, Consumer Reports magazine had a great article on Credit Counseling in their July 2001 issue. In the article they discuss private credit counseling companies as well as the traditional Consumer Credit Counseling Service organizations.)

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For credit counseling, you may want to enlist the aid of a local branch of the nonprofit National Foundation for Consumer Credit (NFCC). cost debt counseling, financial education, budgeting assistance, and other financial services for consumers. To locate an office nearby, //www.nfcc. hour automated office listings.

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From June 1, indebted. They will be providing you with budgeting advice and will also mediate with your credit providers to reach an amicable solution. You may approach a debt counselor directly for advice or you may be referred to a debt counselor by either a creditor or a magistrate’s court. When you apply for debt counseling, you cannot take on new loans or credit until you have paid all your debts and have received a clearance certificate from your debt counselor. You will also be listed on the credit bureau records as a consumer under debt counseling. Currently, the National Credit Act provides for a R50 application fee for debt counseling, but the department of trade and industry is considering changes to debt counseling fees.

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Before Jim left for a study-abroad program in Australia last spring, he signed up for another credit card. One more wouldn't hurt, thought Jim, then a sophomore at Iowa State University. "I didn't plan on using the card," says Jim. "But Australia was a blast." The price tag? Over $10,000.

Notebooks Luckily for Jim and others in his predicament--the average college student carries $2,400 in credit card debt some schools are providing credit counseling to their students. Montana State University in Bozeman, for example, operates Student Advocates for Financial Education. During a typical session at the busy office, counselors help students map out a budget, track expenditures, and find ways to cut back on expenses. "Tuition has gone up, the cost of living has gone up, and student wages have not kept pace," says Deborah Haynes, an associate professor at the school who oversees the program.

Lenovo Payback. Students up to their ears in debt can also turn to nonprofit consumer credit counseling firms. These organizations can work out repayment plans directly with creditors or consolidate bills into one monthly statement, something on-campus centers may not be able to do. But be wary of scams. Credit Counseling should be free or nearly so, and credit card debt management plans shouldn't cost more than $50 to set up and $35 in monthly charges, says Travis Plunkett, legislative director with the Consumer Federation of America.

Hard Drive Back at Iowa State, Jim struggled to make ends meet, barely affording the monthly minimum charge on four credit cards and a line of credit. He went to the Financial Counseling Clinic at Iowa State, which offers to work with creditors to lower interest rates, but quickly realized he needed a more disciplined approach. He left school to move in with his parents in Minnesota and is now taking classes at a local community college. And he signed up with Lutheran Social Services, a nonprofit group in Duluth, Minn., that offers consumer credit counseling and credit card debt management.

Travelstar Hill is now on a tight budget. Two thirds of what he earns each month working at a bank goes toward his credit card debt : He pays $65 to Lutheran Social Services each month--the organization keeps $5 and disperses the rest to two credit card companies--and coughs up an additional $420 to pay off his other cards and the line of credit. "It's a big burden," he says. "But it's going to be solved."

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