Bridge executives have said that the company might try to convert the involuntary bankruptcy filing into a voluntary filing under Chapter 11, which would give it protection from creditors while it reorganized and restructured its debts.

In a report issued today, the department also said that a crackdown on bonuses and commissions paid to Wall Street brokers and investment house employees had resulted in the voluntary filing of 7,394 delinquent tax returns, amounting to an additional $5 million in state revenues since April 1.

In a report issued this week, the tax department said the investigation had already resulted in the voluntary filing of 7,394 delinquent tax returns, which brought in about $5 million in state revenues since April 1.

The Chinese company made its lengthy voluntary filing to the committee on June 29.

Filing Is Voluntary The voluntary filing, which allows a company to put its debts on hold while its reorganizes, listed $199.7 million in liabilities and $163 million in assets, said a company spokeswoman, Susan Feldon.

The voluntary filing is the second big setback for the company this year, coming just two months after the disclosure of an accounting scandal that had made profits out of losses and had masked decreasing sales.

They could not do this in the United States because tax records are closely protected as a way of encouraging compliance with the system of voluntary filing.

The voluntary filing, made in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, followed weeks of rumors that the company was teetering on the brink.

Although the Amish community cooperated with the law, and would go to a courtroom if subpoenaed, they also forbid the voluntary filing of a lawsuit.