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A lot of people have heard of the system of setting up an IVA in order to get out of debt, but less people actually know what an IVA is, or what it could actually do to be beneficial to them. IVA advice is offered in a number of places, however, and a simple internet search can provide customers and those currently struggling with debt with all the information that they need in order to make a decision.

An IVA is a legally binding agreement that a person who is in debt makes with the people that they owe money to –their creditors. It is a form of insolvency, but does not have the same negative connotations that would come with declaring yourself bankrupt. Although it is the same idea, in that debts that cannot be repaid will be written off, an IVA agreement cannot be reported in the press, and cannot therefore harm future job prospects.
An IVA is a system that can be set up for people who have more than fifteen thousand pounds worth of debts with unsecured creditors. A certain amount of money, whatever the person in debt can afford, will be paid into the IVA every month, and the creditors will get a cut of the money. The IVA binding agreement will last for five years, and when the five years is up any remaining debts will be written off.

An IVA agreement is a kind of debt consolidation, in that all debts are put into an affordable monthly payment and are repaid over a certain amount of time. There are a large number of websites that will offer free debt advice and IVA advice, usually from experts on the subject. The good thing about an IVA is that people are only expected to pay what they can afford –so the overwhelming threat of debt repayments is lessened.