An IVA (Individual Voluntary Agreement) is a legally binding contract between you and your creditors that allows you to repay a proportion of your debt over a short period of time (usually 5 years). Unlike bankruptcy orders your assets are protected and IVAs are not published in newspapers for everyone to see.
IVAs (Individual Voluntary Arrangements) were first introduced by the UK government under the Insolvency Act in 1986 as an alternative to bankruptcy.
The legally binding procedures are designed to help people when debt spirals out of control and enables an individual to put forward a deal (the proposal) to the people it owes money to (creditors).
The purpose of an IVA proposal is to demonstrate to creditors that they would be better off if they accepted an individuals IVA proposal, in comparison to the individual being made bankrupt.
A typical IVA agreement will see a creditor / lender agree to write off a proportion of the debt owed to them which can be as much as 75%. In return the debtor agrees to pay a fixed proportion of their monthly income towards the debt for a period of five years.
The IVA Debt Squad offer a range of debt solutions including advice, help and services. Our main services are IVA Debt Solutions, Self Employed IVAs, Final Settlement IVAs, Debt Management Plans, Debt Consolidation Loans and Bankruptcy Solutions.
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