Business_Bankruptcy

Business Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Bankruptcy is defined in our text as “when a business is unable to pay its debts as they come due.” (Daft 778) Small business owners never start their businesses with the intention of failing, however statistics show that in all likelihood they will not be successful. This fact reveals the importance of understanding bankruptcy even before a new business is formed. Small business owners who understand the bankruptcy law are better equipped when their business does not succeed, allowing them to minimize lose both professionally and privately. Prior to the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, debtors had few rights; their debt often resulted in imprisonment or involuntary servitude. When Congress passed the bill in 1978, debtors where awarded many rights including the right to petition for bankruptcy under federal law. This revised law has a two-fold purpose, first to protect debtors who have over extended themselves and secondly, to distribute the debtors assets evenly to the creditors. The Bankruptcy Act of 1978 allows failed business owners to cut their loses and continue in new pursuits, making a file for bankruptcy a strategic business decision. Small businesses normally file under three chapters including chapters 7, 11, and 13. Chapter 7 bankruptcy, chapter, creditors, debt, business, debtor, 11, file, under, law, petition, debts, debtors, businesses, small, new, must, filing, 13, involuntary, filed, court, company, bible, allows, unsecured, should, property, owners, owed, over, once, made, however, first, exemption