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  2. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - Wikipedia

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    The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Pub. L. 95-109; 91 Stat. 874, codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1692 –1692p, approved on September 20, 1977 (and as subsequently amended), is a consumer protection amendment, establishing legal protection from abusive debt collection practices, to the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as Title VIII of that Act.

  3. Fair debt collection - Wikipedia

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    U.S. state laws on fair debt collection generally fall into two categories: laws which require persons who are collecting debts from consumers to be licensed, registered or bonded in order to collect from consumers in their states, and laws that protect consumers from specific unfair practices by debt collectors, which may include collection agencies and sometimes original creditors. [2]

  4. Debt buyer (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The federal landmark Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) of 1977 was "intended to be ... primarily a self-enforcing statute" in which "private action rather than government law enforcement" was the "main means of promoting industry compliance with the law". [1]: viii In 2010 the FDCPA was amended. [23]

  5. How to pay off a debt in collections

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    2. Know your debt collection rights. Educate yourself about your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This federal law regulates how creditors and debt collectors can ...

  6. Corporate tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Corporate tax is imposed in the United States at the federal, most state, and some local levels on the income of entities treated for tax purposes as corporations. Since January 1, 2018, the nominal federal corporate tax rate in the United States of America is a flat 21% following the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 .

  7. Medical debt: New federal rules could provide credit relief ...

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    According to a 2022 survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 47% of US adults with medical debt have been contacted by a collection agency within the past five years due to unpaid medical or ...

  8. Column: Thanks to Trump, debt collectors can now email, text ...

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    It reminded consumers that they have rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which, among other things, makes it illegal for a debt collector to threaten or harass people.

  9. Debt validation - Wikipedia

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    Debt validation, or "debt verification", refers to a consumer's right to challenge a debt and/or receive written verification of a debt from a debt collector. The right to dispute the debt and receive validation are part of the consumer's rights under the United States Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and are set out in §809 of that act, which has been codified in Title 15 ...