Whether you are an individual or an organization, if you know that the debts you owe are far more than the means and assets available to you and you may not be able to pay the debts, one of the last options that you have is to file for a bankruptcy petition. However, it is not recommended to consider filing bankruptcy as an easy option to get rid of the burdensome debts. You should keep in mind that bankruptcy usually has far reaching financially negative impacts and it may eventually make the financial path a hard cake for you. You may have to struggle hard to put your finances back on track with substantially damaged credit ratings. In most cases, it will keep your financial life highly disturbed for the next ten years at least. This way, we can say that bankruptcy is an option to go for when no other alternative options are feasible for you.