American tax officials

Chapter 98 What is a sheriff?

After Serena left, David picked up the phone and called both tax chiefs, Cotton and Hector, asking them to come to his office.

About seven or eight minutes later, the two pushed open the door and came in.

Hector was the first to ask, "What brings you here, Chief Tax Collector David?"

David took two sheets of paper from the drawer and pushed them in front of the two men, saying, "Don't say I didn't remember you for a good thing. Have your teams go and seal off these two places first. After the case is closed, I'll give you a share of the tax revenue!"

Dieter owns a considerable number of assets and contraband processing plants, and he currently lacks sufficient manpower.

Another point is that, although he is currently handling Dieter's case.

However, inspection teams like Hutton and Hector had already conducted an investigation into Dieter.

If he were to pocket all the taxes himself now, it would be a bit unfair.

Upon hearing that there was good news, Hutton and Hector's eyes lit up, and they quickly picked up their respective slips of paper. Soon they saw an address on them.

Hector, somewhat puzzled, asked, "Where is this place?"

"These are all Dieter's contraband processing plants!"

"Oh?"

The two were somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting that David had actually taken control of Dieter's contraband processing plants, and not just two of them!

Hector then asked, "We know you shut down two of his establishments. Is this shutdown of the contraband factory also an attempt to force him to comply?"

"No, something happened yesterday, here's what happened..."

David then revealed that he was about to be ambushed and that a full-scale attack was planned against Dieter.

When they heard that David had been ambushed, the two were shocked. They had not expected Dieter to be so ruthless.

But they soon cheered up.

Now that David has secured Sapir and obtained the locations of these contraband factories, along with the liquidation of Dieter's other assets, a substantial amount of tax revenue is certain to come in.

As David just mentioned, they will receive a share of the taxes this time, so that's for sure!

I dare not say much, but at least it will save their inspectors ten to fifteen days of hard work, that's for sure!

Hector patted his chest and assured him, "That Dieter is so arrogant, daring to plot against you, Tax Chief David! Don't worry, our team will definitely cooperate!"

"Our team is the same!"

"Alright, then you can go and give the inspectors in your team instructions!"

Without wasting words, the two knew that Dieter's men were likely also working hard to deal with the factories, so they quickly got up and left to make arrangements.

About half an hour after the two left, the phone on David's desk rang. He answered, "This is David."

"Chief Tax Officer David, Sheriff Smith from the Lake District Police Department is here and wants to see you."

David paused for a moment when he heard that Sheriff Smith had arrived.

However, he quickly guessed some of the reasons.

According to the information he investigated, Sheriff Smith and Dieter had a conflict of interest, and now that Dieter had caused such a big incident, he had fled back to the reservation.

But Sheriff Smith is definitely not going to get away.

In order to prevent the IRS from making a big deal out of this and implicating him, his best option is to first go to the IRS to distance himself from the matter!

"Let him come up!"

A few minutes later, there was a knock on the office door.

With a "Come in," Smith led Wade and Balk inside.

[Name: Smith Rodriguez]

[Occupation: Sergeant, Lake District Police Department]

Monthly income: Legal income $8900, Illegal income $96000.

[Income Details: December 4th, $2000 profited by sheltering a group of criminals; $5000 profited by bribing smugglers; ... January 1st, $40,000 profited by accepting a bribe from Dieter...]

[More details: ...]

Tax payable: US$24000.

After examining him closely using his golden finger, David discovered that, as the investigation had shown, Smith did indeed have a deep-seated interest in Dieter.

"Tax Chief David, I've heard so much about you, but I never imagined this would be our first meeting!"

Smith extended his right hand with a smile, as if David's earlier threat had never happened.

David knew, of course, that the man in front of him was faking it, but he didn't call him out on it. He extended his right hand and replied with a smile, "Sheriff Smith, I've heard so much about you. I wonder what brings you here today?"

Seeing David's knowing look, Smith was a little annoyed, but he could only force himself to reply, "It's nothing. Didn't my two subordinates tell me the other day that your IRS came up with a tax evasion bill? As the sheriff of the Lake District, I naturally have to set an example for my subordinates and colleagues!"

His words were actually implying to David that he wasn't the only one involved in corruption in the Lake District; there were many others in the police department alone, and that they shouldn't focus their efforts on him.

David, of course, understood perfectly, and replied meaningfully, "So, in that case... Sheriff Smith, you admit you have illegal gains?"

Smith, who had been forcing a smile, immediately looked sullen after hearing these words.

I've already hinted at it, do you really have to say it so bluntly and make everyone feel awkward?

Although he was very unhappy, the current situation was not good, and Congressman Strong had already asked him to make a handover. He could only suppress his temper and reply, "You know, once you sit in a position like ours, you're bound to get things sent to us by those criminals."

"I'm okay, I can control my own actions, but my family can't."

"So after you had my subordinate remind me, I immediately had my family take stock of the illegal gains, and today the tally is finally complete!"

It was fortunate that Smith's family wasn't around at that moment, otherwise they would definitely have cried out that they were innocent!

Hearing that his family would be blamed, David couldn't help but chuckle inwardly, asking with a half-smile, "Oh? So, Tax Chief Smith, how much have you tallied?"

"According to the tax law, from the start of the month until the tax payment deadline, it's approximately $23600. I'm not sure if that's correct?"

"Pretty much, similar to what we found in our IRS system!"

The amount displayed on the gold finger is $24000.

But David knew that everyone was human, not a database, and sometimes it was hard for anyone to remember exactly how many bribes they received in a month.

But as long as the difference in amount isn't too large, he won't really pursue it seriously.

Smith pulled a thick envelope from his pocket and pushed it in front of David: "This is mine!"

Behind him, Wade and Balk each pulled out an envelope and placed it on the table, saying in unison, "These are mine!"

Seeing that the three of them were so sensible, David was fairly satisfied. He then picked up the phone: "Ariel, bring up three filing forms!"

Upon hearing the words "file entry form," Smith, Wade, and Balk all frowned in unison.

Because they know it very well.

Once they're in the IRS database, if they ever dare to evade taxes or offend the IRS, the IRS can destroy them at any time.

But there's nothing they can do; since they chose to come, they have to accept the outcome.

At this moment, the three men's resentment towards Dieter intensified.

If it weren't for Dieter, things wouldn't have turned out this way, and they might still have had a chance to salvage the situation.

A few minutes later, Ariel and Serena walked in.

"Chief Tax Officer."

"Count the amount of money, then file the records for Sheriff Smith, Officer Wade, and Officer Balker!"

Upon hearing this, Ariel merely glanced at Smith in surprise, but Serena, standing beside her, was taken aback.

She has been in the lake area for several days now.

In the past few days, she had dealt with many criminals herself or watched other inspectors deal with them, but this was the first time she had dealt with a public official.

And that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the person in front of you is a sheriff!

"Selina..."

Ariel had already prepared some money, but seeing that Serena was still in a daze, she quickly reminded her.

Serena then seemed to snap out of her daze and rushed over to help.

The three of them paid a total of just over $2 in taxes, so Ariel quickly obtained the data.

"In total... it's $24750."

David nodded in agreement.

Then, Ariel and Serena presented the file entry form to Smith Wade Balk.

"Sheriff Smith, you need to write your badge number, your unit, and..."

"Officer Balk, you need to write your badge number, your unit, and..."

Under the guidance of the two.

Before long, the three Smiths had finished filling out the form.

After Ariel checked everything and found no problems, she and Serena left with the money and the filing form.

They hadn't gone far from the gate when Serena couldn't help but ask, "Ariel, isn't Smith the sheriff? What methods did Tax Chief David use to get them to willingly pay our taxes?"

Ariel scoffed and replied, "What's a sheriff? You know, before you even arrived, our tax chief arrested CIA agents and even locked them up. It was only after their supervisor came and paid the taxes that they were finally taken away!"

"CIA!"

Serena froze, her steps suddenly halting.

The CIA is the number one intelligence agency in the United States, and even in the world!

In her mind, the things like turning armed groups in various places into rebels and capturing terrorists and subjecting them to waterboarding were always things that only they could manipulate others. When had anyone ever dared to manipulate these people?

Unexpectedly, he was captured by David and even imprisoned.

If Ariel hadn't said it herself, Serena would never have believed it, not even if you beat her to death!

(End of this chapter)