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Note 11 - Accrued Payroll Taxes
9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2013
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

11.       ACCRUED PAYROLL TAXES


The Company is in arrears with paying payroll taxes of $1,293,879.  Of this amount approximately $481,000 relates to the parent Company's operations prior to the acquisition of Artisanal Cheese LLC in 2007. The balance relates to more recent payroll. The Company has reached installment agreements with the relevant state tax authorities. In March 2013, the Company submitted to the Internal Revenue Service a proposal as well as all supporting documentation to resolve the federal tax claim for a lump sum payment of $500,000.  The Company has not yet received a response from the tax authorities.   The Company has made other offers to the IRS but has experienced bureaucratic delays and transfers of the file without a definitive response.