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Piercing the corporate veil
When corporate owners use the entity to perpetuate a fraud, circumvent the law, or in some other way accomplish an illegitimate objective, a court will "pierce the corporate veil", exposing shareholders to personal liability.
- How do you feel about the courts piercing the corporate veil of a small family corporation where the officers used the corporate credit card for business expenses as well as home expenses due to lax company procedures?
- Also answer these two questions:
Are the courts in the right or wrong for piercing the corporate veil of a small family business who used the corporate credit card on personal expenses?
Should Close Corporations be Expected to Follow the Same Guidelines as a Corporation that is Much Larger?