Observed 341 meeting and a question.

[TITUS00]

i am not following what it is that you found out about your wife's salary and what you mean by "the part of her salary that actually goes to maintaining the household." what happens with the rest of it?

if she makes a lot more than you thought, perhaps you should consider paying the debts instead of filing bk?

What are you not following about finding out my wife's salary is more than I thought it was? As for the second part of the statement it happens to be Question 17 on the NOLO means test "If you are married, living together, but filing singly: Enter the portion of your spouse's income that was NOT used for your support or the support of your dependents:" I did mention that we do not file our taxes jointly. In other words she makes a contribution to all the household expenses on a monthly basis and I pay all the bills with it. That contribution is what Question 17 asks to list.

[music12]

i am not following what it is that you found out about your wife's salary and what you mean by "the part of her salary that actually goes to maintaining the household." what happens with the rest of it?

if she makes a lot more than you thought, perhaps you should consider paying the debts instead of filing bk?

[TITUS00]

I went to observe a 341 meeting in my district today. I noticed that the trustees seemed very polite. They needed copies of 6 months of pay stubs and 2 years of income tax returns. No mention of bank statements at all. They were interested to know if debtors used credit cards speaking with their attorney. Most cases went by fast, about 5 minutes or less. I feel much more confident now that I saw what it is all about.

I have a question about the means test. I just found out that my wife earns a lot more than I thought. Even considering that I am on unemployment, we are still way over the median, but when considering the part of her salary that actually goes to maintaining the household, then I pass according to the NOLO test. I file my taxes married-not filing jointly. I have been filing this way for 9 years. Can I pass the means test?