- 23 - Petitioner consistently ignored corporate formalities. After the organizational meeting for Real Services, there is no indication of another meeting of a board of directors. Real Services maintained no office separate from petitioner’s personal address, and petitioner was its only purported employee. There is no evidence that Real Services furnished to outside parties any papers relating to petitioner’s employment, such as tax withholding forms or other payroll records. There are no meaningful corporate records; petitioner produced only three handwritten documents as records of the corporation–-one indicating the costs of furnishing the E. 65th Street apartment and the other two listing startup costs. Even petitioner’s employment contract is suspect; it is a fill-in-the-blanks form that contains many blanks and was executed several months before the date that the hiring officer, petitioner’s companion Laura C., allegedly assumed office. We reject petitioner’s contention that other corporate records were stolen; we find it much more likely that such records never existed. There is no history of the declaration or payment of dividends. No other individuals were active as officers or directors of Real Services. Petitioner exaggerated the roles played by two individuals named Ted P. and Michael S. in the operation of the corporation. Petitioner, in fact, altered a document in which Mr. P.’s son Brian had indicated to her that his father was notPage: Previous 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Next
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