The Means Test – Line by Line – Part VI Lines 39-46

By John Gustafson, Chapter 13 Trustee, Northern District of Ohio, Western Division

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Subpart B: Additional Living Expense Deductions

Note: Do not include any expenses that you have listed in Lines 24-37

Line 39. Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Health Savings Account Expenses. List the monthly expenses in the categories set out in lines . . .

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