But Pendergrass used the pro forma invoice to make a claim to the government for $2.02 million, representing that that amount was already owed to Taber.
The government charges that Rains knew the fake pro forma invoice would be used to get money from the government when he ordered that it be issued in late July 1993.
The information may be in the form of pre-sales documents such as
pro forma invoices and purchase orders, intra sales documents such as shipping status and payable information or post sale information such as payment details and arrival of goods.
And we had to pay
pro forma invoices to all our suppliers until we got established.
The court also found Taber had engaged in commonly accepted business practices of issuing
pro forma invoices in dealing with PMI, which was having financial problems.
Basic features include: templates for multi-page commercial and
pro forma invoices, packing lists, export declarations, certificates of origin, dock receipts, Canadian customs invoices and NAFTA certificates of origin.