{"id":3615,"date":"2014-01-23T16:41:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T16:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2019-03-11T16:49:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T16:49:29","slug":"who-can-an-iva-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/who-can-an-iva-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Who can an IVA help?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Individual Voluntary Arrangements have a few restrictions, but are  generally pretty flexible, and can help a lot of people to get  themselves into better situations. Whether an IVA will help you is  something you can only establish with professional advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>IVAs are designed for individuals (rather than companies or organisations) who have <strong>personal debts<\/strong> totalling at least around \u00a312,000. The debts should be owed to at least 3 different lenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Fotolia_35725201_XS.jpg\" alt=\"Debts and Bills\" class=\"wp-image-3620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Fotolia_35725201_XS.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Fotolia_35725201_XS-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When these circumstances do in fact apply, an IVA can be an effective\n measure in handling your financial woes. However, it\u2019s always best to \nget the advice of a professional who can make sure you\u2019re kept informed \nof all the options that apply to your case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, there may be other options that can help you to avoid \nbankruptcy, such as selling any assets that you may have, or releasing \nequity from them. A number of debt consolidation options are also \navailable, and debt management advice can help to navigate these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do decide to go for an IVA, there are other requirements that \nwill need to be fulfilled before the arrangement can go ahead. Your \nInsolvency Practitioner will need to establish that you can in fact \nafford to make the monthly ongoing payments that an IVA will require. In\n most cases, the monthly payments will not be less than around \u00a3200, \nalthough this will vary according to your own circumstances and the IVA \nproposal that you opt for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your IP will need to get an overview of your finances, looking at \nyour income, your outgoings, your assets if you have any, and all of \nyour existing debts. Using this information, the IP will be able to \nestablish whether an IVA is going to be a realistic and effective \noption, and if so help you to propose one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do end up securing an IVA, it can genuinely offer you the \nchance to work towards settling your debts. IVAs have helped many people\n to avoid bankruptcy, and if successful, once the term has elapsed you \ncan look forward to repairing your credit rating and putting your life \non a more positive track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individual Voluntary Arrangements have a few restrictions, but are generally pretty flexible, and can help a lot of people to get themselves into better situations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iva-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3621,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions\/3621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldebtrelief.co.uk\/debt-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}