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الثلاثاء، 23 يونيو 2015

Handling Student Loan Debt With Ease

By Freida Michael


Your student repayments are likely to become a heavier burden as responsibilities increase or you are hit by a financial difficulty. The difficulty gets aggravated even after deferment and exhaustion of forbearance. Default is not even an option considering its grave consequences. This is the time to explore student loan debt adjustment and management plans that would bring great relief.

Though the standard repayment period is ten years or 120 months, this period can be extended based on a set criterion. You also may be eligible for income based repayment where your monthly due is pegged on your earning. The options include your level of income and the fact that you could have gone back to school through more loans.

A person who has recently taken another education loan is eligible for Pay As You Earn. This program limits your repayment installments to 10 percent of your disposable income. If there is a balance even after making the required number of repayments, you qualify for federal forgiveness that wipes off the balance. You will need to make 120 payments to qualify for forgiveness. This provides financial relief beyond ensuring that you have more money at your disposal.

To benefit from Pay As You Earn/PAYE, you must show evidence of financial difficulty. Beyond that, you must have received your first federal loan on or any date after October 1st 2007. PAYE is only available to those who have either Federal Direct or Direct Consolidation loans as of 1st October 2011. This is enough evidence that you are facing difficulty paying and are ready to wipe out the debt.

Income Based Repayment plan or IBR was created and is managed by the federal government. It targets education loans by capping the maximum repayment installment at 15 percent of discretionary income. The repayment period is adjusted to 300, 240 or 120 installments depending on your financial situation. This will provide relief to debtors willing to pay but are facing financial difficulty.

There are special requirements that must be fulfilled to qualify for Income Based Repayment or IBR. The two main considerations is a large family or growing number of dependents and a lower level of income. Instead of the standard repayment period of 10 years, an adjustment is made based on income available to your family based on its size.

The Income Based Repayment plan primarily hinges of your disposable income and size of family. This removes the factor of interest rates in determining your monthly repayment. The cap is placed at either 10 or 15 percent maximum. You must complete all necessary repayments to qualify for forgiveness.

There are grave consequences for defaulting on student loans. A default is considered as failure to pay in over 270 days. To avoid the heavy consequences, you can apply for a lenient repayment plan.

Easy management and repayment plans include Pay As You Earn, Standard Payment Plan, Income Based Payment, Contingent Payment Plan, Extended Payment and Guaranteed Payment plan. There are experts who understand these plans better and will assist you to choose the best for you. You enjoy financial relief through the adjustment plans instead of defaulting.




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