Mattoon, IL asked in Bankruptcy for Illinois

Q: Can I pay my taxes due if my 341 meeting is scheduled after? With non exempt bank funds that are part of estate.

My chapter 7 meeting is set for late April I owe taxes on return filed this year. Which are due on April 17th I do have non exempt funds in bank account that's part of the estate. Can I ask permission to pay them? And would it come out of my exempted funds or the leftover non exempted?

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A: On the day you filed your non-exempt assets became the property of the bankruptcy trustee on behalf of the estate.

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