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SBA Loan Default - The 60 Day Letter

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SBA Loan Default - The 60 Day Letter

You should not have to struggle to settle your SBA debt on your own. Instead, turn to one of our attorneys who specializes in SBA OIC claims. We are dedicated to helping you settle your SBA loan default.

If you are in default on your SBA loan, you will get what is termed a "60 day letter".  The following information should be included in a Federal agency's written communication with a debtor at least 60-days prior to referring a delinquent debt to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Service for debt collection (cross-servicing).  The information may be included in one letter or a series of letters.  The letter should include the following:

  • Nature and amount of the debt, including the basis for the debt.
  • Explanation of how interest, penalties, and administrative costs are added to the debt.
  • Date by which payment should be made to avoid late charges and enforced collection (generally, 30 days from the date the demand letter is mailed).
  • Name, address, and phone number of a contact person or office within the creditor agency.

Explain the agency's intent to enforce collection if debtor fails to pay by taking one or more of the following actions:

  • Offset the debtor's Federal payments, including income tax refunds, salary, certain benefit payments (such as Social Security), retirement, vendor, and travel reimbursements and advances.
  • Refer the debt to a private collection agency.
  • Report the debt to a credit bureau.
  • Garnish the debtor's wages through administrative wage garnishment (no court order required).
  • Refer the debt to the Department of Justice for litigation (comply with Executive Order 12988).
  • Refer the debt to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for any of the above-described collection actions (advise debtor that agencies are required to refer when debt is 180 days delinquent).

Explain how debtor exercises the opportunity to:

  • Inspect and copy agency's records related to the debt.
  • Request a review of agency's determination of the debt.
  • If applicable, request a waiver.
  • For purposes of salary offset or administrative wage garnishment, request a hearing.Enter into a reasonable written repayment agreement.

Advise the debtor of the following:

  • Notify agency if bankruptcy filed.
  • Penalties for knowingly making false or frivolous statements.
  • Excess collections will be refunded to the debtor, unless prohibited by law.
  • For Federal salary offset, up to 15% of current net disposable pay may be deducted every pay period until the debt is paid.
  • For joint income tax filers, spouse should file Form 8379 with the IRS to claim his/her share of tax refund.

The failure to include the above information may violate your rights and provide a basis for relief.  If you are struggling with circumstances that involve SBA loan default, you deserve professional aid! Our attorneys all know how to win SBA OIC cases.  Contact us and we will help you settle SBA debt once and for all.  After you schedule an appointment, you will consult with a devoted SBA OIC lawyer who will help you through your legal battle.  After your debt problem is resolved, you will never again have to worry about your SBA loan default problem haunting you.  Our team of lawyers has assisted many clients through the years settle SBA debt, stop administrative wage garnishment and tax offset.  Now it is your turn! You truly can settle SBA debt for good!

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$750,000 SBA 7A LOAN – NEGOTIATED WORKOUT AGREEMENT

$750,000 SBA 7A LOAN – NEGOTIATED WORKOUT AGREEMENT

Client’s small business obtained an SBA 7(a) loan for $750,000.  She and her husband signed personal guarantees exposing all of their non-exempt income and assets. With just 18 months left on the maturity date and payment on the remaining balance, the Great Recession of 2008 hit, which ultimately caused the business to fail and default on the loan terms. The 7(a) lender accelerated and sent a demand for full payment of the remaining loan balance.  The SBA lender’s note allowed for a default interest rate of about 7% per year. In response to the lender's aggressive collection action, Client's husband filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in an attempt to protect against their personal assets. However, his bankruptcy discharge did not relieve the Client's personal guarantee liability for the SBA debt. The SBA lender opted to pursue the SBA 7(a) Guaranty and subsequently assigned the loan and the right to enforce collection against the Client to the SBA. The Client then received the SBA Official 60-Day Notice. After conducting a Case Evaluation with her, she then hired the Firm to respond and negotiate on her behalf with just 34 days left before the impending referral to Treasury. The Client wanted to dispute the SBA’s alleged debt balance as stated in the 60-Day Notice by claiming the 7(a) lender failed to liquidate business collateral in a commercially reasonable manner - which if done properly - proceeds would have paid back the entire debt balance.  However, due to time constraints, waivers contained in the SBA loan instruments, including the fact the Client was not able to inspect the SBA's records for investigation purposes before the remaining deadline, Client agreed to submit a Structured Workout for the alleged balance in response to the Official 60-Day Notice as she was not eligible for an Offer in Compromise (OIC) because of equity in non-exempt income and assets. After back and forth negotiations, the SBA Loan Specialist approved the Workout proposal, reducing the Client's purported liability by nearly $142,142.27 in accrued interest, and statutory collection fees. Without the Firm's intervention and subsequent approval of the Workout proposal, the Client's debt amount (with accrued interest, Treasury's statutory collection fee and Treasury's interest based on the Current Value of Funds Rate (CVFR) would have been nearly $291,030.

$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.

$350,000 SBA 7A LOAN - NEGOTIATED STRUCTURED WORKOUT AGREEMENT

$350,000 SBA 7A LOAN - NEGOTIATED STRUCTURED WORKOUT AGREEMENT

Client personally guaranteed SBA 7(a) loan for $350,000. The small business failed but because of the personal guarantee liability, the client continued to pay the monthly principal & interest out-of-pocket draining his savings. The client hired a local attorney but quickly realized that he was not familiar with SBA-backed loans or their standard operating procedures. Our firm was subsequently hired after the client received the SBA's official 60-day notice. After back-and-forth negotiations, we were able to convince the SBA to reinstate the loan, retract the acceleration of the outstanding balance, modify the original terms, and approve a structured workout reducing the interest rate from 7.75% to 0% and extending the maturity date for a longer period to make the monthly payments affordable. In conclusion, not only we were able to help the client avoid litigation and bankruptcy, but our SBA lawyers also saved him approximately $227,945 over the term of the workout.

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