American tax officials

Chapter 104 The Hidden agenda of the Main Street Precinct

David was rather satisfied with Gray's almost pleading attitude. He said, "Whether or not you can be the good guy is a matter for the courts. Our IRS is only responsible for collecting taxes. Once you pay the taxes you owe, we'll leave your information in our IRS archives, and that's it!"

Upon hearing this, Gray, who had been quite dejected, instantly brightened up and readily agreed, "Okay, okay, I'll pay the taxes, and leaving the information in your archives is fine too!"

Bucky immediately stepped forward, laid out the file he had brought in front of Gray, and explained, "Vice Mayor Gray, please write down your occupation and income here..."

What it will look like ten minutes later.

Gray signed his name at the end of the form, while Bucky picked it up and looked it over carefully. After confirming that there were no problems, he nodded to David.

David said, "You can leave, Deputy Mayor Gray, but please send over the taxes you need to pay as soon as possible!"

"clear!"

Gray felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He stood up and, accompanied by Bucky, quickly stepped out of the IRS building.

As he stepped out the door and basked in the golden sunlight, a feeling of happiness suddenly welled up in his heart!

Looking back on yesterday and today, he felt like he had fallen from heaven to hell and then back from hell to heaven again. He never wanted to experience that feeling again in his life!

So he had already made a decision in his heart.

From now on, not only will he have to pay his taxes to the IRS on time every month, but he will also never get involved in anything related to Dieter or the IRS or other criminal gangs again!

This is the office.

David came out and went to the inspector's office on the third floor.

Upon seeing his arrival, all the inspectors on site stopped what they were doing and stood up to listen.

David looked around at everyone and said, "Everyone, I believe many of you have already received the notification that you will be involved in the Dieter case. Now, I'll briefly assign you your tasks!"

Upon hearing the assignment, the seven inspector teams on site immediately cheered.

As for Hutton, Hector, and the members of the inspection team led by David, they all showed a hint of displeasure.

Because they were well aware that these seven inspection teams had clearly joined in to get a share of the spoils.

But there is no way.

They had been notified that both Director William and David had agreed to the matter, so although they were very unhappy, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and accept it.

"What we know now is that Dieter and Virginia have escaped back to the reservation, while Sapir is in our hands. Therefore, Baldwin, Byron, and Gustav are our primary targets for capture!"

Dieter has four henchmen, who manage his venues and deal in contraband. Apart from Virginia, the three men David hired are the other three henchmen.

"Besides these three, there's also Benjamin, Wordsworth..."

David then pointed out a group of key mid-to-senior level personnel from the Dieter Group, and finally asked everyone, "Did you all understand?"

"Understood!"

The inspectors at the scene burst into unison.

"Then let's get started!"

After saying that, the inspectors on the scene didn't waste any more words. They put on their coats, clipped their pistols to their belts, and left in an organized manner.

In no time, the once bustling inspectors' office became quiet.

……

Time flies, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Dieter Group arrested batch after batch of its lower-level employees and middle-level managers.

Under David's scrutiny and threats, none of them could deny the taxes they were required to pay.

As of today, there are 96 people involved, and the total tax collected is US$144.3 million.

However, one thing that both David and the other investigators found somewhat frustrating was that Baldwin, Byron, and Gustav must have gotten wind of the situation and gone into hiding, and they hadn't been caught yet.

Inside the tax chief's office.

David roughly calculated that the more than $1500 million frozen in Dieter's account, plus the nearly $300 million paid for the subsequent raid on the warehouse, plus the more than $144 million squeezed out by the arresting officers in the past few days, totaled about $1900 million.

I then checked the tax performance rankings again.

For the past 4.5 days, he has been investigating Dieter's case, which, according to IRS regulations, cannot be filed because the case is not yet fully closed.

Therefore, his current tax record is $436.8 million.

As for the ranking, because the tax revenue has not kept up in the past few days, the ranking has dropped from 10th in the country to 39th.

Currently, Brown Soros remains the top taxpayer in the country, with a total tax return of $1963 million.

The second-ranked officer was Bellamy Hardy of the Los Angeles Long Beach branch, with a total tax return of $1511 million.

As for those ranked 3rd to 10th, their tax revenue all exceeded 1000 million.

There is about a week left until the end of this assessment period.

Judging by the time frame and proportions, it shouldn't be a problem for Brown Soros and Bellamy Hardy to break the 3000 million mark.

Those ranked 3rd to 10th will definitely have no problem surpassing 2000 million.

David's tax record is now $436.8 million, plus the $1900 million from the Dieter case, which brings his total to around $2300 million.

However, since the entire IRS investigation team was involved in the Dieter case, it was impossible for him to pocket all of the more than 1900 million dollars.

According to David's idea.

Of the 1900 million, he would have to take at least 200 million and distribute it among the 10 inspection teams in the bureau.

To be honest, he still felt a bit of pain when he had to come up with 200 million.

But firstly, not to mention the seven inspection teams that joined later to take advantage of the situation, his own team, as well as the Hutton and Hector teams, have put in a lot of effort.

而现在税金高达1900多万，他要是给个3-5万或者10万8万的，这多少显得有点自私、以及小家子气了。

So his idea was that each of the three inspection teams would receive 400,000, and the remaining 800,000 would be distributed among the other seven inspection teams that joined later.

In that case, he would only receive about 1700 million in taxes.

Adding the current 436.8 million, that's a tax achievement of over 2100 million.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this tax performance is enough to propel him back into the top 10 of the tax performance rankings. Judging from the current situation, it's even quite possible that he could enter the top 5!

Of course, this has to be done quickly!

The top 10 on the list are seeing their tax returns rise at an astonishing rate, if not rocket-like.

Only by quickly resolving this case and successfully depositing the funds from the Dieter case into the treasury can he, like last time when he rocketed into the top 10 in the country, make another good impression on the higher-ups of the General Administration!

However, David frowned slightly at this thought.

Baldwin's three henchmen, who knows where they've gone, have managed to stay hidden for three days despite the combined efforts of all the inspectors in their lake district and the entire system in their search...

Just as he was deep in thought, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

Bucky walked in, looking worried, and said, "According to our intelligence, these three shouldn't have been able to escape Las Vegas, but we've turned their place upside down and searched all the places they frequent, and we still can't find any trace of them. This is really a bit tricky..."

Hearing this made David feel even heavier.

Bucky then changed the subject, saying, "Since this guy is hiding so well, Chief Tax Officer, I think we shouldn't waste our energy looking for them. Why don't we just go and arrest Dieter directly..."

Clearly, he didn't want to drag it out any longer.

Now that they have two important hostages, Sapir and Iman, and have also seized contraband and cash as evidence, he felt that was enough to bring Dieter to justice.

David shook his head and replied, "The current evidence is sufficient to bring Dieter to justice, but there's one thing we must be fully prepared for: whether the Indians will hand over the prisoners!"

Upon hearing this, Bucky instantly snapped out of his daze.

Yes, although they now have irrefutable evidence of Dieter's various crimes, Dieter is currently in a reservation.

Will the Native Americans on the reservation hand over the people so obediently?

Based on the information available now, it's clearly unlikely!

David continued, "If those Indians refuse to hand over the people, then we'll have to request armed support."

"But as you know, although our IRS has an armed force, it's not something we can just deploy whenever we want. It requires very rigorous review and procedures."

"Only by capturing these three key figures and forcing them to testify against Dieter and provide more evidence of the Dieter Group's crimes can we have a complete chain of evidence in this case."

"Only through the approval process at the state level can things be expedited!"

After hearing this, Bucky finally understood completely, and without further ado, he left to continue his investigation of the three King Kongs.

Two hours later, at the State Taxation Bureau, Main Street Branch.

Director Catherine was handling official business in her office when there was a knock on the door. Without turning her head, she said, "Come in."

The next second, Keanu burst through the door, excitedly saying, "Chief, guess who our Sixth Squad caught while they were out on a mission?"

Upon hearing this, Catherine became interested and replied, "Who did you catch?"

"Baldwin, Byron, Gustave!"

"Baldwin..."

Catherine felt the names sounded familiar, but couldn't quite place them, so she quickly asked, "Who are these three?"

"Isn't the Lake District Precinct investigating the Dieter case? And these three are three of Dieter's most trusted confidants, known as the 'Four Heavenly Kings'!"

"The Three Great Warriors!"

Catherine finally remembered. She said, "Why do these names sound familiar? They're Dieter's confidants."

"Chief, according to my information, these three are David's top targets for capture. Now that they've fallen into our hands, they're quite valuable..."

At the end, Keanu gave a sinister smile.

"value……"

Catherine thought for a moment, then replied expressionlessly, "This is a case in the Lake District. These three are people the Lake District Precinct wants, and besides, they're just Dieter's men. They can't be that valuable, can they?"

If they had captured Dieter, then it would naturally be of great value.

But for now, they are just three of Dieter's men, and Catherine doesn't think David would be willing to pay any price.

"Chief, you may not know this, but according to my information, these three are quite important to David."

"The main issue is that Dieter has now fled to the reservation, and David will likely need to apply for support from the armed forces. And you know how rigorous the process for applying to the armed forces is!"

"Therefore, the testimonies of Dieter's three trusted confidants are still very important!"

Hearing Keanu's explanation, Catherine snapped out of her daze and asked, "So, according to that, we can use these three to... ask the Lake District Precinct for some benefits?"

Although she didn't know exactly how much tax revenue the Lake District would receive after the Dieter case was looted.

But for a company of Dieter Group's size, it's definitely around $1500 million!

If we could use these three people to get some benefits from the lake area, that would seem like a good option.

"No, Director, that would seem short-sighted. Besides, using these three to ask the Lake District Branch for benefits feels a bit like coercion. It's not worth doing that..."

Seeing Keanu's knowing look, Catherine couldn't help but ask, "So you mean...?"

"Chief, haven't our department's cases with Yarman, Gaden, and Gabrielles been progressing poorly? Perhaps... we could use these three cases as a bargaining chip to get David involved to assist us!"

Upon hearing this, Catherine's expression immediately changed.

The so-called Yarman case, Gaden case, and Gabrielles case are actually the names of the heads of three criminal groups in their district.

According to information they obtained from the main district.

These three crime bosses each had a net income of over $400 million per month, not even counting the illegal income of their other key members.

After the Black Tax Act was enacted.

They launched an offensive against these three major criminal groups in the entire district.

Unfortunately, these three criminal groups were meticulous in their operations and never left any evidence.

In addition, each group has a top-notch legal team.

This is why they spent several assessment periods in the district, but failed to pass any of them.

Although Catherine was unhappy with David's repeated suppression of their Main Street Precinct by the Lake District Precinct, she still admired and respected David's abilities.

If David could join their district's investigation into these three major cases, Catherine believed that even if they couldn't completely crack the case, they wouldn't be as stagnant as they were now!

(End of this chapter)