How do you provide additional information about a charge off?

All of the credit reporting bureaus allow you to dispute transaction lines found in the credit report. For actions like chargeoffs, the dispute is really adding a note to the file that one will hope a creditor will read when considering you for credit.

You will need to know very specific information concerning the chargeoff (including the account, the amount, when the chargeoff occurred, etc.) and your statement will need to represent why the chargeoff should not be considered when applying for credit.