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and asked for Mrs. Gaskins, since she was listed as that
company's president. The 100-percent penalty was ultimately
assessed against Mrs. Gaskins in 1979 or 1980. Mrs. Gaskins made
monthly payments of about $100 on these taxes, making the
payments either" in person at the IRS office in Pottsville,
Pennsylvania, or by mail, in the period from about 1979 through
late 1981 or early 1982. Finally, equipment of the second
roofing company was-sold to pay off the employment taxes. Mr.
Clark was the revenue officer responsible for collecting this
penalty. The penalty was ultimately paid in full. The second
roofing company operated until late 1981 or early 1982.
In the latter part of 1975, Mr. Gaskins and Mr. Quinn had
organized West Pine Construction Company (West Pine). Initially,
half of the stock was placed in Mr. Quinn's name and the other
half in Mrs. Gaskins' name. West Pine was involved in
stripmining anthracite coal. West Pine opened a bank account at
the Citizens' National Bank of Ashland on September 26, 1975,
with a deposit of $9,674.96. The signature card contained the
signatures of Benjamin Greenberg, Francis McCullough, Charles
Wertz, and Mr. Quinn. Mr. Quinn served as the secretary of West
Pine. Mr. Quinn's home functioned as West Pine's office,
although he did not even have a desk there. For some period West
Pine used a Post Office Box address.
In 1979, through the efforts of John McCullough, other
persons invested in West Pine. Oscar Glassman invested about
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