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Bankruptcy
Checklist
Managing
the credit department's activities following a bankruptcy filing using
a preprinted Checklist can save time and money, and more importantly doing
so can prevent mistakes.
Important
activities that should be included on the Checklist include:
- Promptly
sending a reclamation notice on shipments sent within ten days of the
bankruptcy filing date
- Reviewing
payments received from the bankrupt debtor within 90 days of the bankruptcy
filing date to determine the potential amount of reclamation claims
(if any)
- Calculating
how much product was shipped to this customer in the 90 days prior to
the filing date
- Reprinting
copies of all invoices, debits and credits open on the filing date,
along with at least two copies of the entire account statement.
- Ordering
proof of delivery on all open invoices
- Promptly
reviewing every document received from the Court to be sure that no
action is required
- Filing
a Proof of Claim before the bar date
- Including
the required supporting documentation with the proof of claim
- Completing
it in its entirety
- Signing
the Claim
- Send
the Claim to the court by registered letter
- Confirming
your company's Claim was received and was filed by the court
- Keeping
a copy of every documentation sent to the court
Source:
Steven Kozack and Michael Dennis. Mr. Kozack is a credit consultant and
the co-author of "Credit and Collection Manager's Manual" available
at
the NACM Bookstore.
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