That money goes to the court clerk. The filing fees do not absolutely have to be paid in advance, but I do strongly recommend it. The filing fee for Chapter 11 is $1,717.00. The attorney fee for a Chapter 7 is usually between $1,000.00 and $1,500.00, depending on how complicated the case is. Some newer attorneys and high-volume attorneys do charge less, but as with most things, you get what you pay for. For business cases and other complicated situations, the fee could be much higher.
Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times. 1  After assuring Americans he is not running for president âto make things unstable for the country,â the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump, suggested that he might reduce the national debt by persuading creditors to accept something less than full payment.
Individuals with annual salaries of less than $35,000 reduced their debt by 30 percent from 2008 to 2012. People in this category now have $5,400 in credit card debt. People in the next bracket up, making $35,000 to $49,999 annually, reduced their debt as well. Americans here have about $6,700 in credit card debt, down by more than one-third.