US federal bankruptcy courts
When are bankruptcy schedules and the statement of financial affairs due after filing the petition?
In a voluntary case, the debtor normally must file the schedules, statements and other documents required by Rule 1007(b) with the petition or within 14 days after the petition is filed, unless the court extends the time.
Calculate my deadline- Period
- 14 calendar days
- Trigger
- Filing of the voluntary petition
- Rule
- Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007(c)(1)
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure amended through 2025
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Enter the date of filing of the voluntary petition. See the date, cited rule and counting steps.
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Which date starts the 14-day period?
The period runs from the filing of the voluntary petition. The default calculation uses filing of the voluntary bankruptcy petition; other branches use their own trigger.
Count forward from filing. Confirm the event on the docket or in the service record before entering a date.
Read Rule 1007the debtor in a voluntary case must file the documents required by (b)(1), (b)(4), (b)(5), and (b)(6) with the petition or within 14 days after it is filed
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007(c)(1)
This period runs from the filing date on the docket. Do not substitute the date of service, the date an order was entered or the day you learned of the filing.
Which date do I enter?How are the 14 calendar days counted?
- Exclude the day of the trigger event.
- Count every following day, including weekends and legal holidays.
- If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, continue to the next open day.
Exclude the petition date and count 14 calendar days under Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a).
Rule 9006(a)(1)(C) carries a final Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday to the next day the clerk’s office is open.
Rule 9006(a) also addresses state holidays, office inaccessibility and filing cutoffs. The national calculation does not confirm those local facts.
Read Rule 9006(a)The calculation gives the ordinary national-rule date. Check relevant holidays, the court’s accessibility and its filing cutoff separately.
Review the filing checklistWhat does a worked calculation look like?
Fictitious example
Assume the filing of the voluntary petition on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (a voluntary Chapter 7 petition was filed without the schedules), with no order, motion, extension or local closure affecting the result. The petition date is excluded and 14 calendar days are counted under Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a). September 15, 2026 is a Tuesday, so the national final-day rule leaves the result unchanged.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Filing | Do not count this day | September 1, 2026 |
| Day 1 | Start counting calendar days | September 2, 2026 |
| Day 14 | Ordinary deadline in this example | September 15, 2026 |
Can an order, motion or extension change the deadline?
- Extensions
- Except as 11 U.S.C. 1116(3) provides otherwise, the court may extend the period on motion and for cause under Bankruptcy Rule 1007(c)(7).
- Orders and local rules
- A scheduling order, stipulation approved by the court, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
- An extension requires a motion and may only be granted on notice under Rule 1007(c).
- Involuntary cases, Chapter 15 cases and payment-advice documents have separate timing.
- Section 521(i) automatic dismissal after 45 days is a separate statutory consequence.
What should I check before filing?
These checks help you review the result. They do not activate a calendar date or certify that the deadline applies.
Common questions
Find answers about when this 14-day period starts, how it is counted, what can change it and how to keep your calculation.
Starting the clock
Does the clock start on the filing of the voluntary petition, or when I first learned of it?
The period runs from the filing of the voluntary petition as the rule defines it, not from the day you read about it, received a courtesy copy or attended a hearing. Use the date shown on the docket or in the service record.
Read Rule 1007Do I add three days because the document arrived by mail?
Not to this period. Rule 9006(f) concerns periods measured after service. This period runs from the filing of the voluntary petition, so no mailing days are added.
Rule 9006(f)Counting days and filing
Is it 14 calendar days or business days?
Calendar days. Count intermediate weekends and holidays. If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, Rule 9006(a) carries it forward to the next day that is not one of those.
Rule 9006(a)Which time zone and filing cutoff apply?
Unless a statute, local rule or case order sets a different time, electronic filing ends at midnight in the court’s time zone. Other filing ends when the clerk’s office is scheduled to close. This national-rule calculator does not verify those local facts.
Rule 9006(a)What if the court is inaccessible on the last day?
Rule 9006(a)(3) provides a separate inaccessibility rule, unless the court orders otherwise. Check the court’s actual closure notices and applicable orders. A national holiday calculation does not establish an outage or local closure.
Rule 9006(a)Extensions and local rules
Can the court extend this deadline?
Except as 11 U.S.C. 1116(3) provides otherwise, the court may extend the period on motion and for cause under Bankruptcy Rule 1007(c)(7). A request does not itself extend the period, and no discretionary extension is calculated here.
Read Rule 1007Do local rules, standing orders or a scheduling order change the date?
They can. Many courts set their own periods by local rule, standing order or case-specific order, and those control over the national default. This calculator gives the national-rule date only; compare it with any order in the case before relying on it.
Choosing the right calculator
Does this calculator decide whether the rule applies to my case?
No. It calculates a period from the date you provide under the cited rule. It does not decide whether the rule governs your filing, whether an exception applies, or whether the filing has merit. Those questions need separate review.
Can I calculate the deadline without an account?
Yes. Enter the trigger date to see the free national-rule calculation, citation, counting steps and warnings. You can add court context after the result. Missing court review keeps the result provisional.
Results, records and your case
What is included in an Evidence Record?
The retained inputs, result, cited rule, calculation working, warnings and review state. The PDF includes a payload digest and retained-data appendix, and the record can be verified against its fingerprint later. It records the calculation, not a guarantee of legal correctness.
Does saving to a case activate the calendar?
Not automatically. Provisional records remain subject to review. A separately labeled manual date does not alter the original calculation.
Official sources and review
The period and the counting method come from different provisions. The official source is the court’s published rules; the reading links open the rule text at the Legal Information Institute.
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007(c)(1) | Trigger and period |
| Rule 9006(a) | Counting, holidays and filing cutoff |
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