BALCA En Banc Decision Summaries
ABILITY TO PAY

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Sole proprietorship, overall fiscal circumstances

Ability to pay: overall fiscal circumstances of the owner of a sole proprietorship should be considered when assessing its ability to pay wages. RANCHITO COLETERO , 2002-INA-105 (Jan. 8, 2004) (en banc)

Certified financial statement

Ability to pay: financial statement prepared by an independent accounting firm was sufficiently responsive to the CO's request for a certified financial statement, where. the CO provided no rationale for rejection of such. FRIED RICE KING CHINESE RESTAURANT , 1987-INA-518 (Feb. 7, 1989) (en banc)