If a company intends to provideguarantee to a shareholderoractualcontrollerof the company, it shall make a resolutionthrough theshareholder's meeting or shareholders' convention.
However, if you are a significant shareholderof a smaller-cap company like wireless connectivity provider iPass (nasdaq: IPAS - news - people ) and intend to present a legitimate resolution at the meeting to unlock shareholder value, the cost of getting to California for the meeting would be an allowable deduction.