{"id":7094,"date":"2017-11-20T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2024-05-31T03:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T10:34:43","slug":"global-news-focus-financial-literacy-month-5-things-didnt-know-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/blog\/global-news-focus-financial-literacy-month-5-things-didnt-know-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Global News: \u201cFocus on Financial Literacy Month\u201d &#8211; 5 Things You Didn\u2019t Know about Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vice-President of Sands &amp; Associates and Licensed Insolvency Trustee Blair Mantin was a recent guest of Global News Vancouver, for a segment highlighting November\u2019s Financial Literacy Month.\u00a0 Blair shares \u201c5 Things You Didn\u2019t Know about Debt\u201d with viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the clip below, and read on for more!<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"responsive-iframe\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/3860609\/\" width=\"670\" height=\"372\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>Why a Focus on Financial Literacy Month?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Sands &amp; Associates surveyed around 900 people to find out how many could correctly answer a series of questions relating to debt and debt management options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While nearly 60% of survey participants felt they had a good or excellent grasp of financial skills and concepts, only 3% correctly answered all questions asked.<\/li>\n<li>Of that 3%, <em>all<\/em> had previously filed a Personal Bankruptcy or Consumer Proposal!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every year tens of thousands of Canadians are unexpectedly faced with a difficult debt management situation.\u00a0 If <em>you<\/em> were faced with a financial crisis due to your debts, would you know all your legal rights, options and remedies?<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>True or False?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; There\u2019s no way to \u2018make a deal\u2019 with the government if you owe them money.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>False! The reality:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Owing the government money can be incredibly stressful \u2013 whether it\u2019s income taxes, student loans, unpaid GST or other amounts owing, Canada Revenue Agency has more powers of collection than any other party.<\/li>\n<li>A personal bankruptcy or Consumer Proposal are the only methods of \u2018making a deal\u2019 with the government to repay only a portion of the debt owed.<\/li>\n<li>Taxes, student loans, even ICBC debts can be forgiven via personal bankruptcy or Consumer Proposal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2 &#8211; Spouses are automatically responsible for each others\u2019 debts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Think you\u2019re marrying your partner\u2019s debt? Think again!<\/li>\n<li>Many people assume that debt automatically becomes joint once you are married or cohabitate for an extended period. This can lead to situations where couples make poor financial decisions because they are unaware that one partner\u2019s assets do not need to be used to pay the other partner\u2019s debts.<\/li>\n<li>The reality:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Unless a spouse has explicitly signed to be responsible for his\/her partner\u2019s debts, there is no right simply by way of marriage or cohabitation for a creditor to try to collect from the spouse who does not owe this money.<\/li>\n<li>This applies to all debts \u2013 student loans, taxes, credit cards, bank loans \u2013 unless you are the person who actually owes the money, you can\u2019t \u201cmarry yourself into the liability\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3 &#8211; You lose everything if you\u2019re bankrupt.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is absolutely a myth!&#8230;but a common one. (Almost 55% of people we surveyed believed this to be true.)<\/li>\n<li>The reality:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Most people keep all of their assets.<\/li>\n<li>BC law sets out a minimum level of assets each person is entitled to retain if they file a personal bankruptcy. This includes household furniture, tools of the trade, clothing, even RRSPs!<\/li>\n<li>Most people keep their house and car during a bankruptcy, as long as they are able to keep up on the monthly mortgage\/car loan payments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4 &#8211; If you file a personal bankruptcy, you\u2019ll never get credit again.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>False!<\/li>\n<li>The reality:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>For someone who has never been bankrupt before, a bankruptcy will purge from their credit report 6 years after completion of their bankruptcy.<\/li>\n<li>Although many people believe they can\u2019t get credit for 7 years, this is untrue! It is common for credit to be sufficiently re-established for new credit within 2-3 years of filing personal bankruptcy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5 &#8211; A credit rating is a good measure of your financial health.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A credit score is absolutely not a reliable measure of financial health \u2013 good or bad!<\/li>\n<li>Why?\/The reality:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>A credit score is essentially just a number used by lenders to assess your profitability to them\u2013 based on various transactional information contained in your credit report.<\/li>\n<li>Credit ratings\/scores are not permanent \u2013 and they can change dramatically in a short amount of time.<\/li>\n<li>The most financially secure person may actually have the worst credit rating because they don\u2019t need to use credit! For example, an individual who owns a house with no mortgage and pays cash for their every day bills would likely have an extremely poor rating as the banks would simply not have enough \u2018credit\u2019 information to fit their algorithm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Consider:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>You may have an \u201cideal\u201d score but be unable to manage your debt effectively, or be unable to pay down the debt in a reasonable amount of time.<\/li>\n<li>Immediately following bankruptcy, a person\u2019s score may be poor \u2013 but they\u2019re debt-free and can start to rebuild because of the \u201creset\u201d the bankruptcy has provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have a slogan here at Sands &amp; Associates \u2013 \u201cKnowing Is Not Owing\u201d \u2013 whether or not you have debt, it\u2019s important to be aware of your rights and responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/free-debt-consultation\/\">Book your free confidential debt consultation<\/a> with a debt management professional in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/locations\/\">local office<\/a> near you today and get a financial fresh start!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice-President of Sands &amp; Associates and Licensed Insolvency Trustee Blair Mantin was a recent guest of Global News Vancouver, for a segment highlighting November\u2019s Financial Literacy Month.\u00a0 Blair shares \u201c5 Things You Didn\u2019t Know about Debt\u201d with viewers. 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