- 15 - After making the above-described deposits, Alviso and GMT booked some of these “loans” as indebtedness owed to petitioner. The general ledger for Alviso/GMT for the fiscal year ending November 1992, shows the note payable balance to petitioner as $105,000, which consists of three of the four checks petitioner wrote to the corporations and designated as “loans”. The $105,000 note payable balance consists of the following checks written on Bank of Milpitas, account No. 512-001-300466: Date of check Amount Payee Check No. 12/13/90 $50,000 GMT Check 7/9/91 10,000 Alviso 159 6/4/92 45,000 GMT 195 Petitioner testified that the designation “loan” for the $50,000 check was placed on the check to dissuade his sister from filing a lawsuit against him questioning his ownership rights to the businesses. Petitioner testified that he artificially designated checks as loans to his corporations as a “smoke screen” to his sister. At trial, petitioner claimed he did not intend for many of his checks to be designated as loans for which he was to be repaid. 17(...continued) to the corporation for the insurance.Page: Previous 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Next
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