Means Test and Attorney Fees

I wrote about attorney fees as a means test deduction some time ago.  BAPCPA’s provision, codified at section 707(a)(2)(A)(iv) of the Bankruptcy Code, says that priority claims are deducted from income.  Priority claims include a Chapter 13 debtor’s counsel’s fees.  See sections 507(2), 503(b)(2), and 330(a)(4)(B).  Therefore, our attorney fees are a means test deduction.  Oddly, the [...]