Bank finance articles and tips

As a director of a small company it is immensely important for you to know about the Company Director Life Insurance. It is one of those unique covers that allows your company to pay the premiums instead of you, whereby you can save up to 50% per cent of your tax. The company can also show it as business expenditures thereby being entitled to substantial tax benefits. These benefits are availed by the small companies that seek to provide death in service benefits for its employees.

It is important for debtors to know that the major credit reporting agencies should remove a bankruptcy filing from an individual's credit after 10 years for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and after 7 years for a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Debtors who have faithfully complied with court ordered repayment plans and/or bankruptcy proceedings can rest easy knowing that a once tarnished credit report will no longer hinder them from reestablishing buying power and future credit....

This article will examine what Double Tax Treaties (DTTs) are and evaluate how they can be of great assistance in reducing or in some cases even eliminating tax. Double Tax Treaties are created to prevent double taxation as the name suggests. Double taxation would be a huge disincentive to business activities in a particular country if that business were to be taxed in both the country of residence and the country of source. However, these treaties open up a vast array of legislation that can be used in tax planning for tax avoidance and are used by the World's best Tax Experts in devising tax plans....

It is important to define the goals of your organization before you want to make it successful and writing business plans is the best way to create a roadmap to identify the goals and the steps required to grow your organization. An organization plan also acts as the financial blueprint for starting and profitable running of your organization.

The plans will distinctively explain how your organization is going to function and, how it will be managed, capitalized and marketed. An organization plan includes the executive summary and financial projection supported by relevant documents. Rather than starting your organization right away, relying upon business plans gives you a better understanding of your new organization in the marketplace, allowing you to compare it with the competitors and gives distinctive benefits in that sense....

Filing for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy can provide the immediate financial relief you'll need. Chapter 7 bankruptcies are relatively quicker than their more complicated Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 counterparts - and as you don't have to undergo any repayment plans, you'll immediately experience relief from your biggest debts.

However, that doesn't mean that you'll experience relief from ALL of your debts; in fact, there are exemptions to this rule that can ultimately determine whether or not you'll file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. If one of your biggest debts can't be discharged by a Chapter 7, you and your bankruptcy attorney view other alternatives.

With this in mind, let's take a look at the debts that can't be discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.