Yesterday we told you about former HP CEO and McCain chairperson Carly Fiorina's possible run against Senator Barbara Boxer in 2010. If she does throw her hat in, the first thing Boxer may go after is this:
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, one of the world's leading businesswomen and a possible 2010 opponent to Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, tells the public she's the CEO of her own business and the chairwoman of her own charitable foundation.
But a Chronicle check of public records shows that Fiorina, a former economic adviser to 2008 GOP presidential candidate John McCain, has never registered her Carly Fiorina Enterprises to conduct business in California, either with the California secretary of state or the clerk of Santa Clara County, where Fiorina lives.
Records also show that her Fiorina Foundation has never registered with the Internal Revenue Service or the state attorney general's charitable trust division, which tax-exempt charities are required to do. The foundation "enables corporations, social entrepreneurs and philanthropists alike to address some of the world's most challenging issues," according to Fiorina's Web site, carlyfiorina.com.
Business and political experts say her failure to record the existence of the organizations could cause tax and campaign problems for Fiorina, 54. - SF Chronicle
