American tax officials

Chapter 64 gives you 8

In the impression of the two inspectors, Chinese Americans are generally well-behaved and not likely to cause trouble.

So they originally thought that they would be able to easily collect the taxes after coming to the door today.

But they didn't expect this old man to be so difficult to deal with. No matter how they threatened or intimidated him, he acted as if he would arrest them if they had any evidence.

The two were a little annoyed. Since they had come all this way, they couldn't possibly leave empty-handed. Where would that leave the authority of the IRS?

So they decided to take the old man back to the station and detain him for 24 hours first!

But before they could take any action, there was a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, a waiter from the tea shop came in and said, "Mr. Li, two more tax inspectors have arrived and want to see you!"

Upon hearing this, the old man with the goatee was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the two inspectors opposite him.

Actually, not to mention him, both inspectors were dumbfounded.

Their team has already taken over this case, and it's on file with the bureau. Why are there other investigators trying to take it away from them?

To find out the reason for this, the two of them immediately stood up and left the tea room.

Soon, they arrived at the tea shop's lobby.

Upon seeing David and Nissen standing there, the two men felt they looked somewhat familiar, but still greeted them politely: "I'm Leo from the IRS Main Street Precinct, this is my partner Millie, and you are...?"

"This is David from the Lake District Precinct, and this is my partner, Nison!"

David had already learned from the waiter that inspectors from the Main Street Precinct had arrived.

He hadn't expected such a coincidence.

But there was nothing he could do. According to the information he had, this old man named Li Gensheng was Lin Qi's supplier.

He needed to get his hands on a list and other details of all the antiques the old man had supplied to Lynch over this period of time.

"You're David from the Lake District!"

Leo and Millie were taken aback at first, then their expressions slowly turned gloomy.

They said, "Why does this look so familiar?"

It turns out to be David, who's been making waves in their IRS system lately!

"Yes."

Leo, his face grim, said in a dissatisfied tone, "Inspector David, I admit your investigative abilities are indeed impressive, but as an inspector from the Lake District, extending your reach into our Main Street area is a blatant disrespect to the inspectors of our Main Street area, isn't it?"

During this period, David's outstanding performance led to constant comparisons and criticisms from their superiors, which already made them very unhappy.

But that's not all. This time, David actually dared to steal his case. That's just too outrageous!

David wasn't angry; he knew it wasn't proper to do so. He replied calmly, "Inspector Leo, I didn't mean to steal your case. I'm here to see Li Gensheng about something else!"

"hehe."

Leo scoffed and questioned, "What else can we inspectors do besides collect taxes from these criminals?"

David felt somewhat helpless and turned to look in the direction of the tea room, only to find Li Gensheng watching the show with great interest at the door.

Name: Li Gensheng.

[Occupation: Tea shop owner, antique dealer.]

Monthly income: US$83 million.

[Income Details: December 3rd, received a Tang Dynasty painting and calligraphy from a Chinese tomb raiding gang, resold it to Lin Qi for a profit of $50,000; December 7th, received a jade artifact from the same gang, resold it to Lin Qi for a profit of $70,000; December 19th...]

[More details: ...]

Tax payable: US$328680.

After reviewing the old man's information, David pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, Inspector Leo? You're only looking for him to collect taxes and close this case, right? I'll collect the taxes for you, how about that?"

Leo and Millie were taken aback, seemingly not expecting David to say that.

Leo then replied with a slightly disdainful expression, "No need, this is our case, there's no need for your Lake District to bother!"

"There's only a week left until the assessment period. Bringing him back will waste a lot of time, and you might not even get anything out of him. It's not a very worthwhile thing to do."

David had already realized that the two people in front of him did not have accurate information about Li Gensheng, otherwise Li Gensheng would not have been so nonchalant.

But that's normal.

After all, not everyone is like him, with a cheat code.

Nowadays, most inspectors rely primarily on intimidation.

If you encounter someone bolder, like Li Gensheng, then it will be very troublesome.

Although neither of them answered, they were indeed reluctant to waste so much time on the old man.

But there was nothing we could do; the old man was just too oblivious to reason with us!

"How about this, how much tax do you want to collect from him?"

Leo didn't answer, but Millie hesitated for a moment before replying, "According to our intelligence department's estimate, we need to collect around 5!"

"Just 5?"

It seems these two haven't even managed to find out the extent of the old man's financial situation, let alone obtained any evidence of his crimes.

Hearing this, Leo became dissatisfied again and retorted, "I know 5 isn't much to you, but not everyone is like you!"

He knew that David's group had already raked in over 170 million in taxes, and thought the other party was mocking him.

David explained, "You misunderstood. That's not what I meant. What I meant was that 5 is too cheap for him. I'll give you 8 in exchange for you handing him over to me for half an hour, how about that?"

"8?!"

The two were stunned by David's words.

The tax revenue estimate from their intelligence department for this case was only 5.

As for ordinary inspectors, they naturally cannot over-collect data in their estimations.

It's not impossible to collect more taxes, unless you can ascertain the specific source of the target's funds and prove that the target truly needs to pay that much tax.

Since they don't know the old man's specific source of funds, they can only collect the funds based on the estimated amount provided by the intelligence department.

"Half an hour? 8? Are you serious?"

Millie was somewhat tempted.

They were only hoping to receive 5, so receiving 8 would be a real surprise.

And most importantly, she really didn't want to waste so much time on this old man; she'd rather use that time to investigate a few more cases.

"Of course I'm serious, Inspector Leo, what do you think?"

David looked at Leo and realized that Leo was the backbone of the group.

I haven't received a single monthly pass in the past two days. This humble author is desperately begging for monthly passes!!!

(End of this chapter)