| It is often the case that your mailbox is filled with a number of credit card debt settlement notices, or you may be plagued by collection calls, and if such is the case with you then you must be having debts that you are finding difficult to pay off, and the problem has been going on for some time. However, if you are lucky enough and have found a creditor that will be willing to settle for less than the outstanding amount, especially if your credit card is badly out of whack or was written off, then you will have found a reasonable credit card debt settlement solution. Agree to a Single Part Payment Some creditors will allow you to make a single part payment, but this must be done within a short amount of time. Creditors want to make as much as possible, so if they think that you may eventually not be able to pay them at all, it would be in their best interests to get as much as possible returned to them, even if it's not the total that you owe. Fortunately, this could work well for you too. However, to be sure, creditors will usually not enter into such credit card debt settlement if your account is ongoing, because the norm is that only when your account has gone delinquent for a period of more than ninety days that such credit card debt settlement is offered to you by the creditor. Still, as a debtor who is entering into such credit card debt settlement, you still need to know a few things and mind what you are getting into. To begin with, remember that not all credit card debt solution plans make your entire balance go away. In some unique cases, the unpaid balance of your credit card debt may be sent to a separate collection agency to handle. Also, keep in mind that unpaid debt whose amount is six hundred dollars or more is considered by the IRS to be income earned and is thus taxable. This amount appears on the 1099 tax form. Lastly, be aware that even going with a credit card debt solution will affect your credit badly in some way. Credit reports that show an outstanding balance to be "charged off" are bad news for you. "Settled for a lesser amount," however, is less damaging to your credit since you chose to do something about paying back what you owed. |
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