• Can you Win a Law Suit and Then Need to Pay Taxes – Perhaps for More Than You Received? I have been around for 50 years of elections, so am not to be overly surprised [...]

  • After January 1, 2018 borrowers whose student loans are forgiven due to “total and permanent disability” no longer have to pay federal income taxes on those forgiven loans.  […]

  •   Fairy tales are not the way to make adult decisions. We know that most fairy tales are fables designed to teach children a healthy respect for rules and society’s expectation.  Some fairy [...]

  • Published On: March 5, 2018

    Life for the next 20++ years – caught between a rock and a hard place. Query from a new doctor: I am a newly graduated medical professional and single mom. In the past [...]

  • UPDATE (5/12/23): the American Bar Association, ABA, posted a podcast on UpRight Law. At the time of the numerous lawsuits, UpRight Law seems to be operating as a referral firm, not a traditional law firm.  [...]

  • The IRS indicates it will give taxpayers and their representative written notice that the accounts are being transferred to the private collection agencies. The agencies are to send a second, separate letter to the taxpayer [...]

  • Published On: November 26, 2017

    Citibank Deceives Borrowers 11/22/17 – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Citibank, N.A. for student loan servicing failures that harmed borrowers. . Specifically, the Bureau found that Citibank: Citibank misled [...]

  • According to an article in Forbes, the 65+ demographic now makes up a higher percentage of bankruptcy filers than it did a decade ago. Filing for bankruptcy is seen by many seniors as a social [...]

  • Reuters reports that Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will step down at the end of the month.  Large companies (banks, auto finances, pay day loans and student loans, to name a [...]

  • Bank of America tries to bully a bankruptcy judge, ignoring the consequences of illegal acts, but the judge is not standing for it. October 19, 2017 – Article posted in Bloomberg.com. Bank of America seems [...]