CREDIT RESTORATION TIPS!

What is a Charge Off and How Do They Work? When you haven’t paid on an account for 6 months to a year, creditors will often mark the account as a “charge off”. This means that the creditor has determined they’ll likely be unable to collect on the debt so they are claiming it as a business loss. This is basically done for tax reasons. However, just because it’s marked as a loss doesn’t mean they will stop attempting to collect on the debt. In fact, they might even hire an outside company to handle the collection process. This is important to understand in case you’re contacted by a collection agency you don’t recognize. Either they purchased the debt from the original creditor and are attempting to collect on it, or they have been commissioned by the original creditor to collect the debt. Knowledge is Power and Credit is King!