Credit report items such as payment history, credit utilization, credit type, and more all still affect your FICO score even if you're paying off a tax bill.
This plan targets
unfair credit report items by directing tough questions and legal interventions to creditors and credit bureaus.
At Ovation, we work on your behalf, disputing inaccurate
credit report items with the credit bureaus and your creditors.
The disputing
of credit report items is something consumers can do on their own but the Ovation's additional counseling and resources can be an advantage to those who need assistance getting started on the road to better credit scores and histories.
Unexpected items can appear on a credit report
The majority of
negative credit report items, including defaults and repossessions, should naturally fall off your credit report after seven years (some bankruptcies may remain on your reports as long as 10 years).
That is because, typically, the credit bureau dispute process requires that the credit bureaus go to the source of the information in question — the lender or collection agency reporting the account, or to the public record — before
a credit reporting item's accuracy can be determined.
Make sure you go over
each credit report item with your client if you encounter the above situation to ensure accounts are not mixed.
While an account - specific statement is deleted along with
the credit reporting item to which it is linked, expect a general (100 - word) statement to linger on your credit report for anywhere from two to 10 years, depending on the credit bureau.
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) gives you the right to fair and accurate credit reports, which comes with the ability to dispute
credit report items that are fraudulent, inaccurate, outdated, or unsubstantiated (i.e., the creditor can't prove the debt belongs to you).
We also keep in mind the details of
your credit report items, such as the age of your accounts, the amounts you owe and the statute of limitations of the state you live in.
You are probably familiar with the concept that most negative
credit report items have an expiration date.
Then it becomes a negative
credit report item that lasts for seven years from the date it was incurred.
A foreclosure is the one
credit report item that is almost impossible to have repaired.