DOCUMENTS TO BRING TO FILE BANKRUPTCY 

You should bring the following items with you.  

Your bankruptcy attorney will ask you to provide these documents to assist in making the determination whether to file bankruptcy, and what type of bankruptcy to file.

·       You and/or your company’s current financial statements, including balance sheets, profit and loss statements, cash flow statements, and projections if available.  

·        Tax returns for the last three years, and payroll stubs for the last two months (if any).  

·        A list of all of your creditors, including the name, address, city, state, zip code, contact person, account number and amount owed.  

·      For your twenty largest unsecured creditors, also include a telephone number.

·      For your secured creditors, list the property pledged as collateral (security) for the loan and the value of the collateral.

 ·        If your business is a corporation, a list of stockholders or shareholders, including the name, address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, number and percentage of shares owned, and the total amount of stock issued.

 ·        A list of the names and titles of the persons authorized to sign documents for your company.

 ·        If applicable, copies of your company’s incorporation, partnership, or limited partnership documents.

 ·        A list of employees, including name, address, city, state, zip code, amount owed outright for wages, and amount owed as an expense reimbursement.

 ·        Copies of any court documents that you and/or your company has received in the last twelve months.

 ·        Copies of any federal or state tax liens that you and/or your company has received.

 ·        Copies of any other correspondence that your company has received from the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing authority.

 ·        If applicable, for any real property owned by you and/or your company, the legal description, market value, balance of any mortgage(s) against the property.

 ·        If applicable, the name and address of your landlord and a copy of you and/or your company’s real property lease(s).

 ·        If applicable, copies of all leases for vehicles, equipment, computers, telephones, etc.

 ·        A list of all personal property (such as office furniture, equipment, computers, telephones, machinery, art, vehicles, boats, aircraft) that your company owns, the value of the property, the amount owed on the property and the creditor to whom it is owed.

 ·        Copies of all notes, mortgages, security agreements, loan agreements, and U.C.C. financing statements.

 ·        A detailed month-by-month listing of you and/or your company’s cash flow needs for the next three months.

 ·        Copies of you and/or your company’s federal and state tax returns for the last three years.

 © 2004 Phillip W. Gillet, Jr., M.S., J.D., EA

The information on this site is of a general purpose nature only and is not legal advice.  The proper decision in proceeding in your particular case should be made only after consulting a licensed lawyer in your state.