🧾 Other Debt

Every other balance, burned down

Buy now, pay later plans, personal loans, store cards, tax debt and loans from family all fit into the same payoff system.

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Buy now, pay later

Four small payments feel harmless until five plans overlap. Here is how to escape the pay-in-4 trap and what happens if you miss a BNPL payment.

Loans and store cards

Should you pay off a personal loan early? Usually, but check for penalties. These 8 moves work on almost any loan. Store cards with deferred interest need a deadline plan: see paying off store cards.

Tax debt, family loans and overdrafts

Owe the IRS? IRS payment plans can stop the panic. Borrowed from family? Make a plan everyone can live with. Stuck below zero at the bank? Read climbing out of overdraft.

Windfalls

A refund or bonus can wipe out a whole balance. See using your tax refund and what to do with a windfall.

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