It is not a requirement that payments are missed before you start the ball rolling to look at an IVA or other debt solution. I would estimate that upwards of 75% to 80% of the clients I speak to have never missed payments, indeed it is to your credit, pardon the pun, that you seem to have realised that there is a problem before it gets any worse.
Regards.
Cert DR
23+ years in debt advice
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You have to be insolvent - which means that you cannot afford to pay the contractual payments on your debts as they fall due without relying on further sources of credit to do so.
I have had an IVA for over 3 years now and I hadn't missed a payment but I was unable to continue as I was using credit cards to pay bills and buy groceries and the credit cards were getting maxed out.
Jan
Nothing you can buy feels as good as not being in debt.
Hey Mitsu8, I hadn't missed a payment either but I was only meeting my minumum payments on credit cards and my loan repayments by drawing money out on different credit cards and using that.[:(]