· 11/30/1984
Dudley J. Godfrey, Jr., Appellant/cross-Appellee v. United States, Appellee/cross-Appellant
Citations
- 748 F.2d 1568
- 55 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 409
- 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 15309
How courts have described this case
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- noting that the United States Claims Court had allowed the case to proceed after each plaintiff paid “the amount in excess of income and FICA taxes with- held from one employee”
- noting that the United States Claims Court had allowed the case to proceed after each plaintiff paid $150.00 to the IKS, “the amount in excess of income and FICA taxes withheld from one employee”
- listing check-signing authority, day-to-day fiscal management, ability to pay creditors, control over voting stock, inter alia, as indicia of authority
- defining responsibility in terms of a person's \power to compel or prohibit the allocation of corporate funds.\
- \The mechanical duties of signing checks and preparing tax returns are ... not determinative of liability under Sec. 6672.\
- failure to investigate when in possession of knowledge that taxes were unpaid is willful failure to pay
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Judges: Markey, Nies, Newman
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