Increasing power and ease with which AI tools can create fake information as many people worried that people will be more than ever susceptible to scams on the Internet Harder to spot a scam False information will be harder to spot because grammatical errors and other telltale signs of offshore spam in the past, like […]
Many people will lose Medicaid on April 1 and not even realize it until it’s too late.
National public radio today reports that many people are about to lose Medicaid on April 1 once CARES act protections (that prevented states from people being kicked off from Medicaid about to expire). Going forward, after April 1, people will have to prove they are still eligible for Medicaid, and many have fallen out of […]
State Median Incomes to Increase 7.4% for Bankruptcy Means Test on April 1, 2023
More People Will Qualify for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy as of April 1, 2023 The Department of Justice has released its revised median income amounts for the bankruptcy means test, to take effect April 1, 2023. LegalConsumer.com has taken this data and turned it into a handy, clickable map. Click on your state or county and […]
March 2023 Updates
What’s New on the Website LegalConsumer™ Student Loan Bankruptcy Calculator Launched, Based on Department of Education Stipulation Affidavit The calculator is based on the affidavit released by the Department of Education in an affidavit advising their lawyers to not object to student loan debtors seeking discharge based on undue hardship if they meet specific criteria […]
Michigan Bankruptcy Exemption Limits to Increase by 14% April 1, 2023
Michigan adjusts its exemptions for inflation every three years. The revised 2023 amounts were published by the Michigan Department of the Treasury on January 25, 2023. They apply to cases filed on or after April 1, 2023, and are summarized here. The total increase for the period is 13.96% Michigan Bankruptcy Exemptions Inflation Adjustments 2023
Illinois paid time off law the most expansive in the nation will take effect Jan 2024
CBS News reports that Illinois will soon have the nation’s most sweeping paid leave law, effective Jan 1 next year. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paid-leave-for-all-workers-illinois/ Expansive paid leave legislation, known as the Paid Leave For All Workers Act, requiring Illinois employers to give workers time off based on hours worked, to be used for any reason, is ready for action […]
What to do if you get a 1099 for your 2022 California Middle Class Tax Refund. Is It Taxable Income on Federal Returns?
California’s may be surprised to receive a 1099 if they received more than $600 in State “Middle Class Tax Refunds” in late 2022.. And some Californians may be surprised to receive the news that they were given such payments! Because many people never even opened what look like junk mail when the State of California […]