As if settling your own debts wasn't difficult enough,
adding joint debts usually makes the equation more difficult.
Not exact matches
The official congressional scorekeeper, the
Joint Committee on Taxation, said that even with the growth, the bill would
add $ 1 trillion in new
debt.
Congress»
Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) said the House bill would
add nearly $ 1.5 trillion to the national
debt from 2018 through 2027.
In the coming weeks, the Senate is expected to vote on its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which the
Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) has estimated would
add $ 1.4 trillion to the
debt under conventional scoring.
If that fails,
add a notice of correction to the file explaining the problem, eg, «it was a
joint account and the
debt was run up once I had split from my ex - husband / wife,» or «the
debt was for a pair of shoes from a catalogue company that never arrived so I refused to pay it».
Answer: His
debts shouldn't affect your credit reports and scores unless you cosigned loans or other credit accounts or
added him as a
joint user to your credit cards.
You could be responsible for
debt your spouse takes if you put your name on a loan's promissory note or if you are
added as a
joint account holder of a credit card.