If you were filing in my district as above median in either chapter, anything above a minimalistic nominal amount will require receipts. A good lawyer would have asked you for receipts on every controversial expense amount before filing since the trustee will eventually ask for them anyway. Even then,...

Just some random comments.

1) The gambling needs to dealt with first prior to filing. If you have the gambling itch, wait. Self-exclusion from all of the online casinos plus any brick and mortar casino within driving distance. You may need a Gambler's Anonymous program before filing. It...

I found the online bankruptcy calculators to be a waste of time and wildly inaccurate vs. looking at each individual allowable expense and figuring out how to increase them in a legit way with receipts in the months prior to filing. When you file, you'll have to be prepared to submit receipts for every...

As long as your trustee as a rule lets you keep some amount of a tax refund above zero for a <100% plan, I think it's very unlikely they will try to go after it. I would not consider the stimulus check to be low hanging fruit because of the bankruptcy language inserted into the act.

I'm confused by this thread.

If the original DMI is 100% payback with no non-exempt property, reducing the DMI means it is no longer 100% payback. <100% payback is going to draw a lot more scrutiny from the trustee even without the married filing solely scenario. <100% is nitpicky...