Thinking about doing it, as a self employed small business owner
Posted by Sotal_Tense@reddit | studentloandefaulters | View on Reddit | 7 comments
Talking to a friend who also has a single-member LLC small business. We both have federal grad student loans, no private.
So when I read about the punishments for default it's all 1) tank your credit score, 2) garnish wages, 3) take your tax refund, 4) take your social security. All of these feel manageable to me as a small business owner. 1) tank credit score? boo-hoo, I don't care. I own my home, and if we need a car loan my husband can just do all that in his name. 2) obv. wage garnishment isn't an issue in this scenario, so that liability gets bumped over to 3) taking any tax refunds, right? I'm shooting for $0 when it comes to a tax refund anyway (not interested in giving our 0% interest loans myself), so this doesn't frighten me. 4) if the only way they can get their money back is to withhold any future social security payments, isn't this maybe all the more incentive for feds to make sure the program exists 20+ years from now?
I'm on the SAVE plan court decision forbearance right now, but I'm thinking some September/whenever payments are due, I'm just not paying. Just feeling a big FU. Anything else I should take into consideration?
PurpleTranslator7636@reddit
You should take your financial circumstances and life settings, 20 years from now into account, before you happily push the 'self destruct' button for Reddit 'likes'.
stella2251@reddit
I was in a similar situation. I work for myself and after I bought my house I defaulted. That was in 2021, my credit score did tank, but then I received a letter that my loan was forgiven. Defaulting worked amazing for me. I hope something similar can happen to you!
Odd-Barnacle-1241@reddit
How much did they forgive and what was your tax bill?
stella2251@reddit
All of it $57,000
stella2251@reddit
I did not get a tax bill. It told me that I wouldn't in the letter I received. My loans were old
Odd-Barnacle-1241@reddit
Nice! Thanks for the info
Living-Apartment-592@reddit
I’m in almost the exact same situation. I just opened my own business, I’m the only employee, and nelnet can suck it.