pg asked:
My husband and I filed
chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2006. In 2006, I was working almost fulltime. I had to quit working because of an shoulder injury that I sustained from working as a nursing assistant in 2005. In preparation for filing the case, our attorney had us increase the withholding allowances so that we would not get a income tax refund. He also based our bankruptcy payments on the new withholding allowances. When we filed our taxes we noticed that we did not have enough on our W2 for 2007 Federal taxes. We are barely making ends meet now. I have mailed letters to our attorney, called, and even emailed our attorney with no response. We need to have our court payments reduced to include more money for federal taxes. Also, my income is included on the payments. I am about ready to fire my attorney and seek new representation. I’m paying over $2500 in attorney fees for a lawyer who will not help us. Any advice?
pg asked:
My husband and I filed
chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2006. Our original attorney advised us to increase our withholding allowances so that we would not have a refund for that tax year. In 2007, I quit work because of a bad back. I was a nurse but I injured the rotator cuff and had to quit because of the pain. My income was included in the original petition. I advised our former attorney that I quit work 2 months before the plan was confirmed. He still insisted to have the plan confirmed. My husband was looking at his paystubs in October 2007 and noticed that he was not paying enough into the IRS taxes. We called, wrote emails, sent certified letters to try to contact our attorney. He never returned our calls. A grievance was brought against him in his county’s bar association. We finally decided to find a new attorney. Our new attorney filed to have our court plan modified to include enough money to pay the IRS. But, the Trustee in our case filed an objection. He said that we needed to tighten our belts. We are barely paying bills now with the high cost of fuel and food. I am fed up with this bankruptcy case that I am about to have the case dismissed. Any suggestions? Thanks for any answers.