Credit Counseling Issues

• Memo regarding Pre-bankruptcy Credit Counseling - Fees (November 4, 2005)
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• Comments to Executive Office of the U.S. Trustee on Pre-Filing Counseling Provisions (August 31, 2005)
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• An Investigation of Debt Settlement Companies: An Unsettling Business for Consumers (March 25, 2005)
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• Credit Counseling in Crisis Update: Poor Compliance and Weak Enforcement Undermine Laws Governing Credit Counseling Agencies
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  Press Release
• Credit Counseling in Crisis: The Impact on Consumers of Funding Cuts, Higher Fees and Aggressive New Market Entrants (April 2003)
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  Press Release

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Links

Links to reports and memoranda about credit counseling and debt settlement, I.R.S. memoranda and reports related to credit counseling, selected enforcement actions against credit counseling and debt settlement companies and press releases, and additional information.