American tax officials

Chapter 16 The Half-Month Assessment Period

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

Lewis muttered to himself, but as his superior, he pretended to know and said, "This should be that zero-dollar purchase case!"

"A zero-dollar purchase case! Goodness, I bet all the zero-dollar purchase enthusiasts in our entire lake district are here today!"

The words of the Mediterranean white man sent a slight shiver down the spines of the others.

Dealing with zero-dollar shoppers isn't difficult; the real challenge is capturing them all at once—that's incredibly difficult.

"etc……"

The thick-browed man in the suit standing nearby seemed to have noticed something and asked, "Tax Chief Lewis, which team in your department is handling this zero-dollar purchase case?"

"Nissen and David's group."

"David!"

At this point, the others could no longer remain calm.

They were well aware that David had just solved the Encar Casino robbery case yesterday, generating the largest tax revenue for the IRS Lake District Office since the Black Tax Act came into effect.

And in just one day, such a big case has been solved?

Actually, let's not even talk about these people.

Even Lewis himself was completely baffled.

David has been working under him for several months, but he has always been just average and hasn't shown any outstanding abilities!

How come the tax bill has become so popular so quickly after it was passed?

Could it be that this kid... is really that talented at fighting crime and collecting taxes from criminals?

"Chief Tax Officer Lewis, there are just too many people. I don't think your men can handle it all. How about I help you out with my team?"

The man in the suit with thick eyebrows asked with a smile.

"No need, Tax Chief Hector. Your team is so busy, how can you say that? There are a lot of people now, but my players can handle it!"

Lewis outwardly declined, but if you listened carefully, you could hear a hint of smugness in his tone.

The National Taxation Bureau's Lake District Branch has a total of ten tax chiefs and ten teams.

Since the Black Tax Act officially took effect, Hector's team has consistently ranked among the top performers for the past month.

Lewis's team, while not at the bottom, consistently hovered around seventh or eighth place.

These past two days, we've finally cracked two major cases, and now we can finally hold our heads high!

He also knew that Hector, though claiming to be helping, wasn't really that kind of person.

There's an unspoken rule in the IRS: if you ask another team for help or support, you'll naturally have to share some of the credit with them.

Now, as long as these zero-dollar purchasers are registered and tax invoices are issued, all the credit goes to his team. Why would he be willing to share the credit with others?

"Fine, whatever you say!"

Hector, slightly annoyed, turned and called out, "Scott, McLaren, Fernando, you guys come to my office!"

Looking at the dejected look on the faces of the inspectors whose names had been called out, Lewis couldn't help but silently mourn for them.

It's obvious that Hector saw his team cracking major cases one after another in the past two days, while their team hadn't made much progress, so he decided to give his investigators a good talking-to.

"Let them push us; there are only two days left in the assessment period anyway!"

After the Black Tax Act took effect, in accordance with the instructions of the Washington headquarters, each branch office was put on an assessment period of two weeks.

The next assessment period is in two days.

Yesterday they received $39.6 in illicit taxes. Although the data hasn't been tallied yet, with so many people here, they're definitely at least $10!

In other words, their tax performance during this two-week assessment period is approximately $50.

Such a tax achievement is enough to make his team the top team in the Lake District Branch.

There might be more...

It's even possible that it's the top-ranked of the three major divisions in Las Vegas.

After all, during the last assessment period.

The highest tax result was only $11.3 from the IRS Main Street branch.

Even though the various branches have basically completed the work of reviewing and tracking criminals' information in the past two weeks, the amount has only increased by one or two times at most. It can't possibly exceed the 50 yuan that their team has received, right?

Thinking of this, Lewis felt a surge of satisfaction. Regardless of how David managed to handle this zero-dollar purchase, he decided that he would definitely give him a good praise once the matter was over!

……

Three hours later.

Thanks to the efforts of all eight inspectors, the work targeting this group of zero-dollar shoppers is nearing its end.

"My estimate is $23600."

"My price is $16380."

"This is... "

As he listened to his teammates counting off, David, holding the calculator, kept adding numbers. Finally, he pressed the '=" key, and the number '139010' popped up.

"139,100!"

This number is not much different from what David had previously estimated.

Upon hearing this number, Bucky and the others had eyes that gleamed like fireflies.

"Mary, check it again. If it's correct, it can be put into storage!"

"I see!"

Mary immediately led the staff from the warehousing department to set up the money counting machine and began counting the money.

Soon, the results came out. She nodded to David to indicate that the numbers were correct, and then took the money to the vault.

"By the way, David, Tax Chief Lewis just told us to all go to his office after this matter is settled!"

David wasn't too surprised when a teammate reminded him.

Although today's tax revenue is far less than yesterday's, its impact is several times greater than yesterday's.

I believe that by now, apart from the director, deputy director and other high-ranking officials who are still on business trip in Washington, everyone in the bureau knows about this.

"Let's go then!"

Upon arriving at Lewis's office on the fourth floor, David knocked on the door. After hearing the words "Come in" from inside, he led the group in.

Unlike his usual stern demeanor, Lewis's face was noticeably softer today, with a hint of joy in his eyes. Anyone could tell he was in a very good mood.

"Chief Tax Officer, you wanted to see us?"

Lewis nodded slightly and said, "Nison, David, you handled this case well, you really made our squad leader proud!"

Although he praised Nissen and David, his main focus remained on David, because he knew that David was probably still the key player in handling the case so well.

Nissen did not refute this, nor did his expression change much, which indirectly confirmed his suspicions.

David didn't become complacent despite the praise, and replied calmly, "Thank you for the compliment, Chief Tax Officer. It's just our duty!"

(End of this chapter)