American tax officials

Chapter 32 Under the Spotlight

Lewis was well aware of the underlying meaning of the other person's words, but he himself didn't quite understand them, so he could only give such a vague answer.

However, his answer clearly did not satisfy Hector, who continued to press, "Lewis, even if you are talented, this is too outrageous. Our inspectors want to know the details; it would be very helpful to them. Could you reveal some information?"

Hector's words were very clever.

He didn't directly say he wanted to know, but instead used the name of the bureau's inspector to say, "If you, Lewis, refuse to reveal this, then you are being too selfish!"

Just tell me if you're willing to talk or not!

Unfortunately, as I said before, Lewis himself didn't understand it, so how could he possibly explain it?

"As the tax chief, there are some things you all already know. I can't pry too much. If you want to know, go ask Inspector David yourselves!"

"..."

Hearing this answer, Hector and the others were speechless.

"Alright, the assessment meeting is about to begin. Everyone, please go back and prepare!"

Seeing that Lewis had given them the order to leave, even if they wanted to ask more questions, they could only turn around and leave.

Lewis looked at his meticulously prepared tax return form, shook his head helplessly, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can!

This table tallies the tax revenue from robberies, zero-dollar purchases, car thefts, etc., but since this island nation's thief gang is here today, we naturally have to make another one.

……

Two hours later, after David finished dealing with the last Korean, he took out his computer and began to calculate the total taxes.

"My number is... 163,200."

"My price is 52,000."

"That adds up to 213,500!"

This number didn't surprise David too much.

Under Golden Finger's scrutiny, he had long since discerned that the income level of these Koreans was generally slightly higher than that of the Japanese.

Of these, Jeon Ji-tae alone had to pay more than $11 in taxes, and with all the other subordinates included, it was quite normal for the total to reach $21.

"Calculate and put it into inventory, Mary."

"Okay!"

Mary and her men happily began counting the money, and soon the amount matched the one calculated by David. They then transported the tax money to the treasury.

Time quickly passed and it was noon again.

After finishing their meal, the inspectors from across the bureau took the stairs or the elevator and all gathered in the conference room on the 5th floor.

The total number of auditors in the entire bureau is 80, plus the tax chief, deputy tax inspectors, tax inspectors and other high-ranking officials, making it nearly 100 people.

Fortunately, the entire fifth floor was used to create conference rooms, which could accommodate so many people.

After David and the other inspectors were all seated.

At this moment, Lewis and other tax officials also walked in and took their seats in the first row of the front row.

Then, four more people walked in.

Two of them were deputy tax inspectors in the bureau, and the other two were tax inspectors.

Since both the director and deputy director of the bureau received their training and work at the Washington, D.C. headquarters, these two tax inspectors are actually in charge of all aspects of the bureau's work.

After the four entered, three of them took their seats in the front row, while a black man in his forties wearing a suit went to the large screen on the stage.

His name is Gushin Shelby, one of the two tax inspectors in the department.

"Good afternoon, everyone. It's time for our bi-weekly performance review again. Next, I will report on the work of each team based on the data submitted by the tax chiefs!"

Guxin made a gesture to the operator of the large screen, and soon the screen displayed the words "First Team" and "Tax Results of Group 1234".

「第一小队，这半个月的考核期以来，总数收得黑税税金4万8千200，其中第一小组为2万1千美金、第二小组1万3000美金……」

"Great! That's double the $22,000 from the last assessment period! Let's give them a round of applause!"

Led by Guxin, thunderous applause erupted throughout the venue.

At this moment, the data on the big screen, under the controller's direction, switched to the second team.

Gu Xin continued, "During the past two weeks of assessment, the second team has collected a total of $37,000 in illicit taxes. One group collected $11,000, and the second group collected..."

"Overall, it's pretty good. Let's keep the applause going..."

"..."

In the first month after the Black Tax Act was passed, the lack of intelligence and training led to a slump in the audit work of various teams and groups, resulting in dismal tax performance.

Fortunately, after the experience gained in the first assessment period, the inspectors have gained some experience and feel for the business, which has led to a rocket-like increase in tax revenue in the second assessment period, with figures doubled or tripled.

Time flies, and an hour has passed in the blink of an eye.

Now, the main event is finally here!

"Here are the data for the seventh squad..."

The Seventh Squad was the team led by Lewis, and also the team that David and others belonged to.

David was alright, but Nissen, Bucky, and the other team members, despite being mentally prepared, were still a little nervous at this moment!

"Seventh Squad, your tax performance for this assessment period is US$886,800!"

The moment this data was released, the atmosphere at the scene instantly quieted down, and everyone looked at the seventh team with a variety of expressions, including envy, jealousy, and shock.

前面6个小队，加起来的税绩也就不到30万美金，虽然现在8、9、10小队的数据还没出来。

But one can guess that even if you add up these three squads, the total would be around 40, which is less than half of the current seventh squad's total.

In fact, it's not just the on-site inspectors and tax officials.

Even Gu Xin on stage was unsettled when announcing the numbers, but he pretended to be nonchalant and continued, "Team Seven, Group One, tax revenue of $13,000; Group Two, $812,000..."

Upon hearing the figure of 812,000, all the inspectors couldn't help but look at David, completely ignoring the data from the other two groups.

"Come on, let's give a round of applause, especially to Team 7's second group!"

Of the first six teams, Guxin's group was basically mentioned only briefly, with no particular emphasis ever placed on any particular group.

However, when it came to Team Seven, because David's group was so outstanding, he made a point of emphasizing it to the entire team.

(End of this chapter)