In Re Ring

Memorandum of Decision

JAMES B. HAINES, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.

In these two post-BAPCPA cases, consumer debtors seek orders determining that they have not violated the Bankrupt cy Code’s requirements for providing the trustee with copies of pre-bankruptcy tax returns, 11 U.S.C. § 521(e)(2)(A)(i) 1 , even though copies of the returns have not been, and will not be, provided to the trustee in either case. Although I agree that the debtors are in compliance and, therefore, their cases are not subject to dismissal, I reach that conclusion based on the facts presented, rather than the statutory…