Finding out how much you owe during bankruptcy?

[burnouts]

Hi
My brother made himself bankrupt in April 11 and is set to be discharged in April 2012. He has since decided that he wishes to make a proposal for a Fast Track Voluntary Arrangement. He has been making payments every month and is set to continue making these for 3 years in total. Assests were also seized at the time, therefore some of the debt has been paid off.
How can he find out what is now owing to the creditors so that he can make an appropriate proposal for his FTVA? Will a credit report be accurate taking into account the monthly payments? Will the official receiver know?
He cannot remember all of the creditors to contact them directly!!

[MarkRae]

A credit report from a company like Experian should certainly show debts from legitimate financial institutions together with monthly payment history and outstanding balance.

[MarkRae]

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[themas]

1. Not all debts appears on Experian reports (or those of the other credit ref. agencies).

2. More importantly, at present his estate is in the hands of the Official Receiver (or bankruptcy Trustee if one has been appointed), & he will have financial responsibilities to them until the 3 years are up, even though he will be discharged in April. At that time his debts will be wiped out.

3. It sounds as if he is trying to speed up the process by doing an FTVA, but to do so he must have sufficient funds to get the creditors to accept it. If he has these funds he is duty bound to let the OR or Trustee know about them. He cannot simply go ahead with another option while he is involved with them. If he wants to do this he must talk to the OR/Trustee & find out whether it is feasible.

4. It is likely that no money has yet been passed to his creditors. The first call on the money he has paid (& on realisation of the assets) is to pay the OR/Trustee costs. It is normal that no payment (called a dividend) is made to creditors until quite late in the process. If the OR/Trustee agrees to what he wants to do they will have all the information needed, but as well as the creditors there could well be outstanding costs to the OR/Trustee to be paid.

[MASS1961]

Your Brother should have a contact at the Official Receivers that were involved at the beginning of his bancruptcy. They should know or be able to find out as they were involved in agreeing the payments he makes for the 3 years.

[burnouts]

Thanks everyone!