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A Step Beyond.ca Credit & Debt Counselling Thunder Bay


Debts keeping you up at night?

Are debt consolidation, payday loans and credit card debt part of your Personal Financial picture?

If you think you need to discuss bankruptcy  or consumer proposal with a trustee in Thunder Bay Contact BDO Canada Ltd. -- to discuss your options.

If you think you need information, education, E-Learning  solutions peruse the  A Step Beyond.ca website for all your financial wellness solutions.

Do you have outstanding payday loans, student loans or debt consolidation loans that you can't afford to repay? 

Let any of the professional staff from the Thunder Bay BDO Insolvency team be of assistance.  Contact Us 


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BDO Canada Ltd. offers options to deal with your debt.


Visit Thunder Bay Bankruptcy.ca


A Step Beyond.ca offers the following Credit and Debt Solutions:

  • Learn to Live Within Your Means and Manage spending by learning how to track expenses and determine what your spending habits are in a typical day?

If you're not sure  what your typical day looks like, or how to track your expenses the following solutions will help you to figure it out :

  • save all of your receipts for the day, week, month
  • total them up on a regular basis to see how much you've spent
  • consider what you were spending for -- need or want

Credit Counselling Society of British Columbia (CCSBC) A non-profit debt solution service offers a free monthly expense tracker here http://www.nomoredebts.org/monthly-expense-tracker.html

Discover the tools many people have already learned from credit and debt counselling to become debt free.


Follow this 5 Step Plan to reduce your debt.

Use these Tools  to improve your financial wellness.

Additional resources have been provided in Financial Wellness Tools:

Sample Letters for :

     --Assistance with Creditors and Collectors,
    --Consumer Complaints and Resolutions.

Government Resources for:

--Assistance with your rent from the R.O.O.F. program for links see What's New October

--Financial Hardship Pension Withdrawals,
--Income Tax Interest reduced on outstanding income tax debt.

Do You Want to turn your dreams into reality?

A Step Beyond.ca will show you how!

Use the following E-Learning opportunities to discover:

  • How to Develop a Personal Budget
  • Making It from ' Payday to Payday' with money to spare
  • Deal with Creditors and Collection Agents on your terms
  • Write Complaint Letters (if unhappy with a product, service or company)
  • Repay your Debt  and gain Control of your Life
  • Your Individual Rights and Responsibilities when Dealing with Credit, Creditors and Debt

Budgeting Basics (Parts One to Four)

Learn about the following:

  • Statement of Lifestyle Expenditures
  • What your Cash Flow says about your financial situation
  • The Key to Successful Budgeting 
  • How to Develop your own Personal Statement of Lifestyle Expenditures 

Money Management (Parts 1 - 3)

Determine:   Financial Goals, Needs or Wants?

Learn to:   Prioritize Who to Pay

Discover Success by:   Pay Cheque Planning

How to deal with Creditors & Collection Agents

Learn:   What your rights are even if you owe $

Discover:   What your credit report really means and What it Says About Your Financial Wellness?

Master   your finances and solve your financial puzzle through budgeting, money management, credit and debt management.

Debbie's Story

Debbie shares her experiences with debt to empower others with information and knowledge about how they too can make it through the maze of their own personal finances and improve their financial wellness.... for more

"TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF" FREE ASSESSMENT


The following E-Learning Credit and Debt Solutions   have been provided:

  • Alternatives to Debt Consolidation include Budgeting, Money Management and Saving for a Rainy Day
  • How to Negotiate the best Mortgage
  • Resolve Student Loan problems before they occur by being prepared for student loan debt
  • Pay Down Debt or Save for Emergencies?

Discover credit and debt counselling solutions by following the links to resources that have been provided to assist you to:

  • Credit Counselling Society of British Columbia (CCSBC) A Not for profit debt solution service has a website http://www.nomoredebts.org which provides resources for managing money and budgeting complete with monthly expense tracker.
  • report a complaint against a creditor or collection agent
    at http://consumerinformation.ca.   This website has an online complaint courier where you can file your creditor complaint.
  • receive your credit report directly from Equifax Direct-to-Consumer Services. www.equifax.ca   - consumers gain access to their credit information. Follow the links and you can have your credit report or credit score within minutes. Equifax will manage all payment processing, reporting, etc.
  • find solutions and Alternatives to Bankruptcy by visiting www.thunderbaybankruptcy.ca. This blog provides free advice for Canadians dealing with money problems as well as detailed information on  Bankruptcy, Consumer Proposal and Alternatives to Bankruptcy

Equifax Direct-to-Consumer Products:

Equifax Credit Report   is an online service that enables consumers to access their credit information along with electronic dispute resolution. A consumer friendly version of the credit report can be viewed online for 30 days or may be printed.

Score Power   provides consumers with the ability to proactively manage their credit score so they are empowered to negotiate the best loan rates. Score Power is an online service that provides consumers with their individual Equifax Credit Profile, a Fair Isaac FICO score and a personalized score analysis.

FICOScore   ...more than 70% of the 100 largest financial institutions use FICO scores to make billions of credit decisions each year. Consumers purchasing Score Power are better empowered than those using a non-FICO score.

Turn your dreams into reality!

 

Determine Where You are right now!


Learn what your financial picture says about you!

 

Check out what we have to offer in Consumer Services :

  • Where are you financially?
  • How would you rate your financial wellness?
  • "Where Do You Want to Go with your Finances?
  •  "How You Will Get There, What's the Plan?"
  • What is your "Stage of Financial Fitness?"  
  • Give yourself a Financial Checkup!
  • Learn about resolving issues with creditors, student loans, and other debt repayment options.
  • Learn how the OMBUDSMAN ONTARIO can help you!

BDO Canada Ltd. has an excellent blog featuring information on how to manage money, credit and debt.

Please visit the Thunder Bay Bankruptcy  Blog at http://thunderbaybankruptcy.ca/blog


Call Jayson Stoppel Thunder Bay Bankruptcy Trustee at BDO Canada Ltd. for your confidential Financial Assessment Today!


1.807.625.4444

 


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Puzzled by Finances?

A Step Beyond.ca is an educational website offering credit and debt solutions for individuals who want to improve their financial wellness by putting their financial picture together.

Credit and Debt Solutions!

What's New:

Do you have  questions you would like answered?

 E-mail  bdo%23ca|dsquierbernst

January:

Could you Survive on Social Assistance 2009 Rates

Where to Get Food in Thunder Bay

Community Gardens in Thunder Bay

Community Kitchens in Thunder  Bay

February:

New
 Interactive tool! submit  for individual assessment   

New If you're self employed, you can now register for (EI) benefits
Visit this website: www.actionplan.gc.ca    to see if you are eligible for Maternity, Parental,  Sickness or Compassionate Care Benefits

March:

Have you been injured at work? Are you having problems with WSIB? Click here Learn about the Fair Practices Commission on Page 3

How to Complain to an OMBUDSMAN -- to make a complaint

Landlord and Tenants Act 
now Residential Tenants Act
 
April:

Landlords' Responsibilites to keep the heat on Heating Costs for Low Income Households

Need to make an appeal  or request an Internal Review  for Social Assistance

Are you entitled to a CPP Disability Pension for more Information on CPP Disability

Identity Theft: what it is, &  how to protect yourself

Find out if you're eligible for the Ontario Child Benefit

May:

Find out if you're entitled to ODSP

ODSP Adjudication of Addictions you may be entitled to ODSP benefits
Vacation Planning Tips
CLEO

June:

Test Your Credit/Debt IQ
Personal Finance 101
Financial Consumer Agency

July:

Free Monthly Expense Tracker

Community and Social Services: Ontario Works and ODSP
 

August:

Budgeting 101

September:

First Time Home Buyer's, RRSP'S  and the Home Buyer's Plan

 October:

Thunder Bay Bankruptcy Trustee -- Jayson Stoppel???

 November:

Retrofit your home and qualify for a grant EcoEnergy Retrofit-Homes

December:

Union Gas Winter Warmth Program  -- find out if you're eligible for up to $500 towards your gas bill

Disability tax credit, are you eligible? www.arc.gc.ca and search T2201

More Financial Wellness Tools:


Improve your financial wellness with the E-Toolkit :

Sample Letters to Creditors / Collectors asking for:

Reduced Payments for the following:
Financial Hardship
Illness, Injury, Unemployed 
Reduced Income
Wages Garnished

Consumer Complaint Sample Letter:
state your situation and ask for a resolution

Taxpayer Guidelines: -Income Tax Debt and Interest

Pension Withdrawals for Financial Hardship

Bankruptcy and Financial Hardship Information

Tools to rebuild your credit and improve your financial wellness: 

Apply for Secured Mastercard  

Apply for Secured Visa

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Apply Today for Your Credit Report to find out what your Financial Wellness Picture says about you!

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Order these products online direct from EQUIFAX:

The Score Power product, the only credit score that uses the FICO score...priced at $23.95
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Credit Report is an easy to read on line consumer credit report... priced at $15.50
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