What is the name of your state? Indiana
This situation we are in is very complicated & I am in need of any assitance.
2 years ago we were approached by 2 ladies who were interested in helping us open a business that we had been trying to get started. It was kind of weird, as it was never clear to me if they were intending to be partners, or just repaid the money they invested...we were just so excited to have our dream become a reality we didn't care one way or the other.
We were provided w/ 30K for the downpayment on a building that is her name only & all of the equipment we needed. When we opened the business we only had enough $$ for 1 weeks worth of supplies. My husband worked for 2 months without making a dime. (We had told her we would need $500/wk to make ends meet.) I was doing the bookkeeping even though we had expressed to her that we would have to hire an accountant becaue I did not have more than just a basic knowledge, and I was never paid any money.
My husband was working 18+ hours a day seven days a week, making $260/week. I was spending endless hours in the shop working & on the computer at home attempting to do the books. (there was never any money to hire an accountant.) The business was staying afloat but when we came up short for our quarerly payroll taxes we asked for some additional $$. She gace as additional $10K and once that ran out indicated that she wasn't going to let us borrow anymore.
Everything was in her name. I did sign the tax work that I prepared/signed for deliveries/etc. My husband had his name listed with one of the vendors.
Fast forward 18 months. The business was getting behind (dang quarterly taxes again) in the bills and she approached us & said she wanted everything transferred to our names. We refused & she "let us go" and hired new "employees".
I handed the books over to her & because our computer crashed she is having to re-enter most of 2004. As she is running the numbers it "appears" lots of money is missing...when actually it was cash paid out to workers. SHE has suggested & encouraged us to pay people we trusted cash. (We did not take/recieve any cash).
So...we are on our way to getting sued...and I am scared to death & don't know what i can or should do. We were living in poverty before this & now I have got a paying job but my husband is out of work, there is no way we can afford an attorney.
This situation we are in is very complicated & I am in need of any assitance.
2 years ago we were approached by 2 ladies who were interested in helping us open a business that we had been trying to get started. It was kind of weird, as it was never clear to me if they were intending to be partners, or just repaid the money they invested...we were just so excited to have our dream become a reality we didn't care one way or the other.
We were provided w/ 30K for the downpayment on a building that is her name only & all of the equipment we needed. When we opened the business we only had enough $$ for 1 weeks worth of supplies. My husband worked for 2 months without making a dime. (We had told her we would need $500/wk to make ends meet.) I was doing the bookkeeping even though we had expressed to her that we would have to hire an accountant becaue I did not have more than just a basic knowledge, and I was never paid any money.
My husband was working 18+ hours a day seven days a week, making $260/week. I was spending endless hours in the shop working & on the computer at home attempting to do the books. (there was never any money to hire an accountant.) The business was staying afloat but when we came up short for our quarerly payroll taxes we asked for some additional $$. She gace as additional $10K and once that ran out indicated that she wasn't going to let us borrow anymore.
Everything was in her name. I did sign the tax work that I prepared/signed for deliveries/etc. My husband had his name listed with one of the vendors.
Fast forward 18 months. The business was getting behind (dang quarterly taxes again) in the bills and she approached us & said she wanted everything transferred to our names. We refused & she "let us go" and hired new "employees".
I handed the books over to her & because our computer crashed she is having to re-enter most of 2004. As she is running the numbers it "appears" lots of money is missing...when actually it was cash paid out to workers. SHE has suggested & encouraged us to pay people we trusted cash. (We did not take/recieve any cash).
So...we are on our way to getting sued...and I am scared to death & don't know what i can or should do. We were living in poverty before this & now I have got a paying job but my husband is out of work, there is no way we can afford an attorney.