You typically need to be facing extreme hardship before the IRS
agrees to a settlement payment.
Not exact matches
Among the less noticed features of the federal tax overhaul enacted late last year is a provision eliminating the deductibility of sexual harassment
settlement payments and related attorney's fees if the parties
agree to keep the
settlement secret.
Between April 2013 and June 2013, Shkreli caused Retrophin
to enter into
settlement agreements with four more MSMB investors in which Retrophin
agreed to make cash
payments or issue Retrophin shares
to resolve their complaints about the returns on their MSMB investments:
Attorneys representing two women in a sexual - harassment dispute against Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez had initially demanded a
settlement payment of $ 1.2 million before
agreeing to a fraction of that amount, according
to internal email correspondence made public Thursday by the state attorney general's office.
One year after the Village of Hoosick Falls tabled a controversial
settlement agreement, the Rensselaer County community has
agreed to accept
payments from companies blamed for polluting local water supplies.
With a
settlement, you
agree to make
payments that are for amounts less than what you currently owe.
Moreover, if your current financial situation is complicated,
settlement agents can
agree with your creditors new grace periods for you
to recover and retake
payment of your debt once your situation has improved.
Debt
settlement companies approach your creditors and negotiate a plan in which each creditor
agrees to cancel the loan for less than what you owe in exchange for a lump sum
payment.
Now that your
settlement offers have been accepted, you need
to make your
payments as
agreed.
Some debt
settlement firms have been making face -
to - face presentations and charging a fee upfront but these firms are exempt from the Telemarketing Sales Rule as long as they have a face -
to - face meeting with the consumer before the consumer
agrees to use the firm and before any
payment by the consumer
to the firm.
The definition of debt
settlement as found in Wikipedia states, «Debt
settlement, also known as debt arbitration, debt negotiation or credit
settlement is an approach
to debt reduction in which the debtor and creditor
agree on a reduced balance that will be regarded as
payment in full.»
Under a debt
settlement arrangement, your creditor
agrees to accept a lump sum
payment of less than your unpaid debt
to resolve fully your debt.
[XYZ] Collection Agency
agrees to delete ALL information regarding this account from the credit reporting agencies WITHIN TEN CALENDAR (10) DAYS following receipt of
payment as specified above and will not discuss the terms of this
settlement with anyone, excluding your client on this account.
Making a mistake in the
settlement process could hurt your chances at getting the creditor
to agree to a reduced
payment.
In a debt
settlement, the lender
agrees to accept less than the full balance of a debt in return for a lump - sum
payment from the consumer.
Ultimately, while debt
settlement services can help negotiate on your behalf and help manage your
payments to creditors, not all creditors will always
agree to accept less money than they are owed.
A debt collector could claim your
payment as evidence you
agreed to the terms set by your original creditor — and the
settlement you worked so hard
to get goes up in smoke.
If
settlement is accepted at program enrollment, with
agreed savings goal and date of
payment in the future, and consumer accepts it, then you may be able
to accept fee as usual.»
I pulled my credit report today 45 days after our closing and
to my suprise my credit score even after foregoing mortgage
payments for the entire process has climbed back up 120 points now that debt shows paid in full with a statement of «Pays as
agreed» and with a comment of «Paid account / Zero balance -
Settlement accepted on this account».
I've seen debtors make
settlement payments to collectors only
to have then say they never
agreed to a
settlement.
A debt
settlement involves getting your creditors
to agree to take less than what you owe as full
payment for the debt.
The
agreed upon
payments are re-assigned
to the buyer of the structured
settlement, and in exchange, the buyer gives the seller an upfront lump sum of cash.
Shvo pleaded guilty last week
to tax evasion charges and
agreed to a $ 3.5 million
settlement payment.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa437.pdf The
settlement of the tobacco litigation, in November 1998, was a legal and public policy debacle of truly historic proportions.5 The tobacco companies
agreed to abide by a new set of regulatory constraints and
to make multibillion - dollar
payments annually
to the states (and the trial lawyers from private practice who were hired
to represent most of them) in perpetuity.
The
settlement is usually resolved early in the litigation process when the plaintiff
agrees to give up the right
to pursue any further legal action in connection with the accident or injury, in exchange for
payment of an
agreed -
to sum of money from the defendant or an insurance company.
In such
settlements, two things are the most important: the exact and particular plan of
payment of the debt, and
agreeing that if the debtor fails
to pay just one instalment, the entire debt becomes due.
Upon divorce she
agreed to a
settlement which gave her only «a rather insubstantial housing arrangement» and limited periodical
payments.
The Applicant sought full
payment of the general damages amount
agreed to in the
settlement and a further $ 1,000 for the harm caused by the breach.
the restructuring of the liquidity facility and
payment waterfalls
to implement a
settlement agreed between the senior noteholders and the liquidity facility provider
We are flexible with respect
to payment arrangements and will likely
agree to represent you on the basis of a Contingency Fee Agreement, which is an arrangement where the lawyer represents you in exchange for a percentage of the final amount of your
settlement.
This is true of both court ordered
payments and out - of - court
settlement agreements, which occur when both sides of a law suit
agree on an amount
to end a case before the courts are forced
to decide the outcome.
These
settlement agreements attract concern from competition regulators due
to their potential
to take the form of so - called «pay - for - delay» or «reverse
payment» arrangements where a generic manufacturer
agrees to delay the launch of a competing generic product in exchange for a transfer of value (monetary or otherwise) from the brand company....
The plaintiff
agreed to dismiss with prejudice and without
settlement payment from the defendants based on evidence refuting the plaintiff's standing
to pursue the claim.
Generally, a
settlement will take the form of negotiation, which is followed up by a written contract where both sides forgo all further action (like a lawsuit), instead choosing
to resolve the situation through
payment of an amount of money that they both
agree to.
This back and forth between parties can take some time, and if a
settlement is reached, it is memorialized in a formal written agreement where you
agree to resolve the complaint through
payment of an
agreed - upon sum instead of moving forward with a formal lawsuit.
If a fair
settlement can be reached, the lawyer can draft a written agreement in which both parties can
agree to take no further action (such as a filing a lawsuit), choosing instead
to resolve the matter through
payment of an agreeable amount of money.
Massachusetts software company, PTC, Inc. («PTC»)
agreed to pay a $ 14.5 million criminal penalty
to resolve a Department of Justice («DOJ») investigation into
payments for recreational travel by Chinese government officials that violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act «(«FCPA») and a civil
settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC») by disgorging $ 11.8 million.
What is difficult for us
to comprehend is why the Department of Veterans Affairs, having entered into a
settlement agreement and
agreed to a consent order some 16 years ago, continues
to resist its implementation so vigorously, as well as
to resist equally vigorously the
payment of desperately needed benefits
to Vietnam war veterans who fought for their country and suffered grievous injury as a result of our government's own conduct.
If one's car is declared
to be a «write off» (or «totaled»), then the insurance company will deduct the excess
agreed on the policy from the
settlement payment it makes
to the owner.
VTech Electronics
agreed to a $ 650,000
settlement payment and sanctions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
to resolve charges it...
The parties can always
agree by way of a
settlement agreement or via a consent order
to fix the
payment arrangement for college expenses.
Settlement agreements that usually include issues such as child support
payments may not be appealed because both parties
agreed to the terms.
The contract does state: «If a buyer fails
to perform Buyer's obligations under this Contract, including
payment of the deposit, seller may elect
to recover and retain the deposit for the account of the seller as
agreed upon liquidated damages, consideration for execution of this contract, and in full
settlement of any claims».