Jill A. Chafin is a personal finance writer specializing in transforming tough financial topics into easy-to-understand content with actionable steps. Prior to her role at Forbes Advisor, she wrote ...

IRS Fresh Start is an umbrella term for tax relief programs, and eligibility depends on tax debt, income, assets, and ...

National Debt Relief, the industry leader in debt settlement and provider of a top-rated debt relief solution in the U.S., today released findings from a new survey conducted in partnership with ...

In December 2025, the AFT asked members to tell us about how debt and financial stress affected their lives, and more than ...

A study from Accredited Debt Relief Americans with debt are missing payments and stressed about it.

A debt lawsuit can raise the stakes quickly, but you may still have a few options for dealing with what you owe.

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Desperate Gen Zers and millennials are turning to online gambling and AI to claw their way out of crushing debt — in part ...

Student-loan borrowers who have met the threshold for Public Service Loan Forgiveness are still waiting for their payments to ...

Most debt relief companies only accept clients with a total debt of $7,500 or greater, turning away seniors with smaller debt amounts. However, Accredited Debt Relief only requires a minimum of $5,000 ...