american tax collector

Chapter 319: Finale, Preparing to Enter the General Administration
"Okay, in that case, this trial ends here!"

With Nicola's final words, the trial came to an end, and the invited guests stood up and left in twos and threes.

"As you can see, the trial has ended, but the details are eye-opening, especially the hidden taxes involved in Amazon. I think the relevant departments will continue to investigate this matter..."

Although the trial has ended, follow-up media coverage is still continuing, and the online popularity of the matter remains high.

Meanwhile, David had already returned to the office hall. Looking at the inspectors who were still excited, he said, "Thank you for your hard work. Come on, open the champagne!"

Recently, it has become the norm for the Los Angeles IRS to open champagne after a big case is over.

After all, the conclusion of a major case not only brings great prestige to the bureau, but most importantly, the inspectors, tax chiefs, and tax inspectors in the bureau will receive a lot of bonuses, and many of them will have the opportunity to be promoted, so it is naturally something worth celebrating.

Soon, a tax director from the bureau arrived with a bucket of iced champagne and said to David, "Director, do you want to play?"

David simply picked up a bottle, then held it with both hands and began to shake it.

"Whirring whirring……"

"woo woo woo woo……"

"..."

When they saw David had gotten the hang of it, Nissen, Bucky, Simmons and others also jumped and cheered excitedly.

Seeing how lively the atmosphere was, David also picked up the pace and started jumping and shaking the champagne.

But such a scene made many people present feel strange.

Although the case of Dumb Amazon is worth celebrating.

But before, whether it was cracking the Sackler family cases or cases in the field of cryptocurrency, David, Nisenbach and others had never been as excited as they are now, so this is somewhat abnormal.

Of course, what they didn't know was that the reason why David, Nisenbaki and others were so excited was not because they had solved the case of Dumb Amazon.

The most important reason is that they have received a notice from the General Administration in advance, and as long as they can handle this case, they will be promoted to the General Administration.

This is entering the center of power of the IRS. It would be strange if they were not excited!
"Pfft!!!"

"Alas!"

While thinking, David had already unscrewed the cork of the champagne, which sprayed into the entire hall, triggering cheers from countless inspectors.

"Okay, now I have something to announce to everyone!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene instantly went quiet from its excited state. To be announced at this time, everyone had already sensed that what David was going to say must be not simple.

"Speaking of which, I have been working at the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Department for several months. During this time, thanks to your support and help, my work has been going smoothly. I have cracked major cases such as the Sackler family, cryptocurrency, and now the dumb Amazon case..."

Listening to David thanking them and summarizing their work over the past period of time, everyone's mood suddenly became low.

Because from the tone of his voice, they guessed that their director was likely to be transferred to another place or promoted to the general bureau.

Sure enough, David's next words confirmed their guess.

"Not long ago, I received a notice from the General Administration that I will be transferred to the General Administration after the Mute Amazon case is over. So, this can be regarded as saying goodbye to you in advance..."

After getting David's personal confirmation, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly dropped to freezing point, and everyone's face had a reluctant and depressed look.

During this period of time, under David's leadership, their Los Angeles IRS can be said to have been in the limelight, and each of them has received the largest bonus and the most political achievements in history.

Of course, they knew better that all they had was thanks to David, and once David was transferred away, they would inevitably return to their previous state.

Once people have tasted the sweetness, it is difficult to give up this feeling.

And so they are now.

The thought of David being transferred away and the Los Angeles IRS and everyone in it having to go back to their previous routine made them feel indescribably uncomfortable.

David naturally noticed that the atmosphere was not right, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he couldn't give up such a bright future, right?
He could only pick up the glass, pour a glass of champagne, and raised it high, saying: "Come on, everyone, today is a day worth celebrating. Let's drink a glass to this victory!"

Although everyone felt very upset, the atmosphere had come to this point and they could only suppress their grief and pour themselves a glass of wine, saying congratulations to David for a promotion and a job in the General Administration before drinking it all in one gulp.

After returning to the office, David said to Nissen, Bucky, and Simmons: "Prepare for the handover. I will apply to bring you in with me when the time comes."

Now he is the only one in charge of the Los Angeles IRS. Although he has been promoted to the headquarters, there are too many senior executives there, and he is a newcomer, so he will definitely not have much say.

And he didn't have much of a foundation in the headquarters, so it was necessary to bring people like Nissen, who were his confidants, with him.

"Understood!"

Although they had already expected this result, the three of them couldn't help but get excited after hearing David say this in person.

That's the Internal Revenue Service, a place many people dream of entering, and they will soon be able to occupy a seat there!

This really proves the saying, it’s nice to take shelter under a big tree!

At this moment, the three of them were extremely grateful that they had held on to David's thick leg so early. Otherwise, even if they survived to death, they might not have the opportunity to enter the General Administration.

……

Silicon Valley, Google.

In a conference room, the company's CEO Ryan Fraser, CFO Harwood Peters, and all the board members were present, and their faces were extremely gloomy. After a while, CEO Ryan said in a deep voice: "Everyone, please share your opinions."

"We need to clarify one thing first. Is the IRS targeting Amazon or all the big Internet companies like us?"

"The incident with Dumb Amazon is a wake-up call for us. If we cannot ensure that there are no mistakes in tax matters, we must communicate in advance to avoid ending up like them!"

"This incident is indeed a wake-up call for us. If we were also found to have tax problems, the losses would be huge for sure."

"..."

The fate of Dumb Mason naturally caused panic among the top executives of Gu Ge, which is why they immediately held a high-level meeting after the trial.

Now the question before them is.

They didn't know whether David was targeting Amazon or if he wanted to conduct a thorough investigation of the entire field like he did with cryptocurrency last time.

If it's the former then that's good, but if it's the latter...

Then they would probably become the next target or the next batch of targets, which is equivalent to being targeted by the hunter's bow and arrow, which is extremely dangerous.

"We at GuGe are not like Amazon, who did not engage in any hidden consumption activities against customers, nor did we violate the rules by taking advantage of value-added tax deductions or receiving tax subsidies from the government. He shouldn't do that to us, right?"

The head of the tax department spoke up.

"Haha, Amazon has not been involved in any tax scandals for many years, but David found out their flaws as soon as he started investigating. Can you guarantee that your department doesn't have any evidence that he can catch?"

"That's right. David is too powerful. Not to mention the current Mason, there have been many companies that have fallen into his hands before. If he really wants to conduct a tax audit on the entire tax collection, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us Gu Ge to escape unscathed."

"..."

As soon as the head of the tax department said this, he was immediately refuted by many people at the scene. After hesitating for a while, he finally shut up.

No company that has made it into the Fortune 500 dares to say that it has no tax problems at all.

If it were in the past, they would not have to worry too much about being investigated, but the discomfort was that a David suddenly appeared in the IRS. This man's auditing ability was outrageous. So far, countless people and companies have fallen under his hands, so who can guarantee that they can get away with being investigated by him?

While Google was discussing this, major companies such as Weisoft, Oracle, Nvidia, and Apple were also holding emergency meetings.

The content of their meetings was the same, which was what to do if the IRS and David wanted to conduct a tax investigation on them like they did to Amazon?
But these big companies are okay, after all, their backgrounds and connections are there. Even if they are investigated, it will take a while, and there is still time to act.

But those smaller companies are getting impatient.

Because they were afraid of being investigated and disciplined, after some discussion, they directly sent representatives to the Los Angeles IRS, intending to spend some money to avoid disaster.

Of course, this was a pleasant surprise for David and the Los Angeles IRS.

Because he currently has no intention of targeting these companies at all, he is now focused on going to the General Administration to take up his post. As for the direction of the subsequent investigation, at least wait until he takes office and consolidates his position!
Two days passed as everyone was thinking about this.

"Dear viewers, this is CBS. The market value of Amazon Group has evaporated by hundreds of billions in the past two days. It can be said that the loss is heavy. According to our observations over the past two days, the Los Angeles IRS has no intention of targeting other Internet companies after Amazon. According to the information we have received, Director David is about to be transferred to the IRS. It is not clear what position he will take up, and whether the news is true has not been confirmed. Please pay attention to the follow-up reports of this station..."

During these two days, the drastic evaporation of Amazon's market value has made major companies feel scared.

However, there is no news that the Los Angeles IRS is going to investigate other companies, which makes companies such as Google, Weibo, Oracle, and Apple feel a little relieved.

However, when the media reported that David might be transferred to the General Administration, many people became nervous again.

The reason is simple. David is only the director of the Los Angeles area, but he is already investigating the cryptocurrency field and the Amazon Group.

If he were transferred to the Internal Revenue Service and became a senior executive there, with enormous power in his hands, wouldn't he be even more unscrupulous?
For this reason, some companies and forces that were afraid that David would be investigated for his enormous power began to secretly manipulate the media and criticized the matter.

The Wall Street Journal even published an article titled "Backroom Operation" to make fierce criticisms.

As for the content, it accused David of having made countless great contributions to the IRS, but in just less than 10 months, he was promoted from an inspector to the decision-making circle of the IRS General Administration. This was unreasonable in terms of procedure and there must be some shady manipulation involved.

"Who is the Wall Street Journal to criticize the IRS for the way it does things?"

"Yeah, the IRS promotes people internally, not elects a director. Doesn't it need the approval of both the Senate and the House?"

"The Wall Street Journal is so disgusting. It always compiles such bad news to discredit others."

"Haha, everyone knows that the Wall Street Journal is the mouthpiece of the Jews. They must be afraid that Director David will continue to attack them after entering the decision-making circle of the IRS!"

After seeing the headline and content published by the Wall Street Journal, David's supporters on major social media platforms could no longer sit still and launched continuous attacks.

However, due to some unknown reasons, the intensity of their criticism soon died down, and instead the voices criticizing David's rapid promotion and manipulation became increasingly louder.

Los Angeles IRS.

Nissen walked into the director's office holding a copy of the Wall Street Journal and said to David, who was sorting documents, "Director, this Wall Street Journal is really disgusting. It actually said that there was a shady operation in our promotion and criticized us in various ways. And now that group of Jews are obviously controlling public opinion online and reducing the voices of support for us."

David took a quick look at the contents and his expression darkened slightly.

The last time he announced that he would investigate Amazon, the Wall Street Journal was the first to jump out and accuse him of shaking the American economy.

But when he was about to be promoted, they jumped out to attack him for being promoted too quickly and led the public to imagine that there was some shady manipulation in his promotion. This is really despicable.

No, the power of public opinion is terrifying. Even President Nicolson couldn't withstand it, let alone him.

It seems that if we want to deal with the Freemasons, we must first cut off their mouthpieces and various channels that guide public opinion.

(End of this chapter)