The bankruptcy means test determines who can file for debt forgiveness through Chapter 7 bankruptcy. It takes income, expenses and family size into account.

Understanding Means Tests . Today in the United States, welfare benefits are given based on a means test of income dealing with the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), or the poverty line. This number is ...

Though I’m a proponent of cash benefits, means testing meant that checks were quite slow to go out to many Americans. The same situation is happening with the Child Tax Credit (CTC). The Center on ...