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Recall Your SBA Debt from Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service: Learn How

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Recall Your SBA Debt from Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service: Learn How

Your small business has failed ... The loan has been in default for years … The business has shut down … all business property, equipment, inventory and/or commercial real estate has been been liquidated, foreclosed or repossessed.

The originating lender has opted not to file a lawsuit against you on your personal guarantees.  You think that everything is over … however, several years later, you receive a Notice from the SBA claiming you owe them a ton of money and need to contact them within 60 days of this Notice or you get a Collection Letter from the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Fiscal Service claiming that you owe the SBA an old debt and if you don’t contact them with arrangements for repayment, they will add up to 30% of the original balance to the SBA debt.  What do you do?

First, if you received the Official 60-Day Notice from the SBA, do NOT ignore it (click here to view a Sample Official 60-Day Notice).  There can be severe consequences if you do.  The 60-Day Notice gives you a one-time opportunity to resolve your SBA debt either through an Offer in Compromise (where you pay a lesser amount based on unique factors pertinent to your case) or a Repayment Agreement (an agreed-upon installment pay-back plan, preferably for a lesser amount owed) with the SBA.

Second, if you received a Collection Letter from Treasury, do NOT ignore it (click here to view a Sample Collection Letter).  However, you should not attempt to contact Treasury by yourself to try and resolve the debt as you do not want to acknowledge you owe the debt as alleged or provide them with any financial information because you could hurt your own negotiating position.  Once your SBA debt has been transferred from the SBA to the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, you may receive a series of collection letters and phone calls demanding that you contact Treasury.

Treasury’s collection agents say that they will only entertain settlement offers at a 20% discount if you pay the total amount (principal SBA debt balance plus up to 30% in accrued interest, penalties and administrative costs) if you pay them within 30 days.  For example, if your alleged SBA debt is $200,000 and the accrued interest, penalties and costs is $60,000, totaling $260,000, Treasury’s collection agents will tell you they’ll settle your debt for $208,000 (80% of total SBA debt claimed with accruals).  But, you must pay the $208,000 within 30 days of accepting Treasury's offer.  Or, you can agree to their repayment agreement where you will have to pay $7,222 a month for the next 36 months (3 year term).  For most folks, these settlement offers are virtually impossible to accept.  If, however, you don’t accept their harsh offers, Treasury will then engage in enforced collection and use a series of administrative collection tools, such as Administrative Wage Garnishment (AWG), Treasury Offset against your federal salary, pension, benefits, contractor payments and/or tax refunds.  Private collection agencies can be brought in to help them collect the outstanding debt.  Further, your SBA debt can also be referred to the Department of Justice for collection litigation

Therefore, if your case is still with the SBA, it’s best to respond to the 60-Day Official Notice and petition for an SBA Offer in Compromise or, if you don’t qualify for an SBA OIC, to negotiate a Repayment Agreement.  But if your case has been transferred to Treasury, and if there are grounds to do so, you should try to recall your debt back to the SBA.  If you did NOT receive the Official 60-Day Notice from the SBA, you will want to hire qualified attorneys to leverage your rights to try and get your case recalled from Treasury back to the SBA for resolution.

If you need help with an SBA offer in compromise or would like to know if your SBA debt can be recalled from Treasury Department’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, contact us today for a Free initial case evaluation with an experienced SBA and Treasury workout attorney at 1-888-756-9969

We can analyze your prospects for an SBA offer in compromise, help neutralize Treasury’s aggressive collection demands and find out if your case is eligible for recall from Treasury back to the SBA.

Why Hire Us to Help You with Your Treasury or SBA Debt Problems?

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$150,000 SBA 7A LOAN – NEGOTIATED WORKOUT AGREEMENT

$150,000 SBA 7A LOAN – NEGOTIATED WORKOUT AGREEMENT

Client’s small business obtained an SBA 7(a) loan for $150,000.  He and his wife signed personal guarantees and pledged their home as collateral. The SBA loan went into default, the term or maturity date was accelerated and demand for payment of the entire amount claimed was made.  The SBA lender’s note gave it the right to adjust the default interest rate from 7.25% to 18% per annum. The business filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy but was dismissed after 3 years due to its inability to continue with payments under the plan. Clients wanted to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which would have been a mistake as their home had significant equity to repay the SBA loan balance in full as the Trustee would likely seize and sell the home to repay the secured and unsecured creditors. However, the SBA lender opted to pursue the SBA 7(a) Guaranty and subsequently assigned the loan and the right to enforce collection to the SBA. Clients then received the SBA Official 60-Day Notice and hired the Firm to respond to it and negotiate on their behalf. Clients disputed the SBA’s alleged balance of $148,000, as several payments made to the SBA lender during the Chapter 11 reorganization were not accounted for. To challenge the SBA’s claimed debt balance, the Firm Attorneys initiated expedited discovery to obtain government records. SBA records disclosed the true amount owed was about $97,000. Moreover, because the Clients’ home had significant equity, they were not eligible for an Offer in Compromise or an immediate Release of Lien for Consideration, despite being incorrectly advised by non-attorney consulting companies that they were. Instead, our Firm Attorneys recommended a Workout of $97,000 spread over a lengthy term and a waiver of the applicable interest rate making the monthly payment affordable. After back and forth negotiations, SBA approved the Workout proposal, thereby saving the home from imminent foreclosure and reducing the Clients' liability by nearly $81,000 in incorrect principal balance, accrued interest, and statutory collection fees.

$220,000 SBA 7A LOAN -DOT WAIVER OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES & COSTS

$220,000 SBA 7A LOAN -DOT WAIVER OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES & COSTS

Clients personally guaranteed an SBA 7(a) loan that was referred to the Department of Treasury for collection.  Treasury claimed our clients owed over $220,000 once it added its statutory collection fees and interest.  We were able to negotiate a significant reduction of the total claimed amount from $220,000 to $119,000, saving the clients over $100,000 by arguing for a waiver of the statutory 28%-30% administrative fees and costs.

$430,000 SBA 7A LOAN - NEGOTIATED WORKOUT AGREEMENT

$430,000 SBA 7A LOAN - NEGOTIATED WORKOUT AGREEMENT

Clients' 7(a) loan was referred to Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service for enforced collection in 2015. They not only personally guaranteed the loan, but also pledged their primary residence as additional collateral.  One of the clients filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy thinking that it would discharge the SBA 7(a) lien encumbering their home. They later discovered that they were mistakenly advised. The Firm was subsequently hired to review their case and defend against a series of collection actions. Eventually, we were able to negotiate a structured workout for $180,000 directly with the SBA, saving them approximately $250,000 (by reducing the default interest rate and removing Treasury's substantial collection fees) and from possible foreclosure.

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