Chapter 186: The appointment address is selected, Los Angeles branch!
"Is that so? No problem. If I am really elected, I will apply to transfer you guys too!"
In fact, even if Nissen doesn't say it now, David will That was the plan.
After all, he is now used to the inspectors in the team, and the inspectors in the team have a tacit understanding with him.
If he goes to a new place where he is not familiar with the people and does not have subordinates who can use him easily, it will not be conducive to the development of his work.
"Great, then I would like to thank the tax chief on behalf of everyone."
Although he had expected this result, Nissen still felt happy when he heard that David agreed so easily.
"Okay, we're keeping a close eye on the Morpheus case. If you find a suspicious person, bring him back to me immediately for trial."
This is still a major case in Xincheng District. , after taking down Kennan's group, David planned to solve this case as soon as possible.
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Time flies, and a week has passed in the blink of an eye, and there are only five days left before the deadline for the assessment period.
During this period, competition on the tax performance list has also entered a fierce stage.
Currently ranked first is Brown Soros from New York, who leads the list with a tax record of 76.55 million.
In second place is Bellamy Hardy of Los Angeles, with a total tax record of 69.8 million.
In third place is David, with a slight gap of 69.11 million, temporarily ranked third.
The top two in the rankings are able to achieve this tax performance entirely because they rely on the resources of the two super cities of Los Angeles and New York.
The reason why David can achieve this tax performance is not only the bug of Goldfinger, but also the taxes paid by the city hall officials.
In addition, during this week, he also traveled to several cities and cracked major cases selected by the municipal branches, and only then achieved a total of 69.11 million in tax results.
Washington General Administration, in the conference room on the top floor.
Since there are only five days left before the end of this round of assessment period, Obadiah also held a high-level meeting today in order to determine matters after the results are released.
After everyone was gathered, he looked around and said: "There are only five days left before the end of this round of assessment period. What do you think?"
"In the last round of assessment period, Brown Soros ranked first. He has received tax results of 75.11 million, but now he has received 76.55 million. I think he is very likely to become 'Mr. Billion Dollars' in the remaining few days!"
"Single assessment! It would be unbelievable if he could earn hundreds of millions in tax revenue during this period. He must be the one for the god-making project!”
“Bellamy Hardy is also good. The end of the last assessment period was 6513. The tax performance of 10,000 yuan has now reached 69.8 million yuan. In the remaining few days, I think it will be no problem to break through the 80 million yuan mark..."
"..."
Seeing that many senior officials began to brag about the candidates they supported, Donald was naturally not to be outdone. He immediately said: "Then according to what you say, David from the Lake District Bureau is even better. His tax of 62.66 million in the last assessment period The performance has now reached 69.11 million!”
“Yes, according to the increase ratio, Brown Soros’ increase compared to the previous round is only about 1 million, while Bellamy Hardy’s increase is only 1 million. More than 4 million, but David’s increase is almost 7 million. In fact, from a certain perspective, David has won.”
“I support David.”
“I. I also support..."
As Donald spoke out, several senior executives who had supported David before also spoke out to echo him.
And the executives who originally supported Bellamy Hardy and Brown Soros are a little bit dumb at this moment.
Because these David supporters headed by Donald are indeed right. Looking at the increase ratio alone, David currently has the largest increase among the three.
Just when the momentum was about to fall to one side, Chief Consultant Vertonghen spoke up: "We have already decided that whoever has the highest tax performance during this round of assessment will be elected. Everything will depend on tax performance, not the increase or anything like that. The decisive factor.”
As soon as these words came out, the supporters of Brown Soros and Bellamy Hardy, who were still a little depressed, were instantly shocked.
Yes, everything depends on tax performance. Is the current increase useless?
And now, whether Bellamy Hardy or Brown Soros, their tax performance is weighing on David. It should be David and their supporters who are panicking!
Obadiah frowned slightly after hearing Vertonghen's words, but quickly turned his face and said calmly: "There are still five days left. It's hard to say who will win, but when the results come out, , please share your opinions on which place you think is suitable for transfer.”
“Philadelphia, this city has always had the highest crime rate in the United States, and now several major police departments in the city are interested in it. The tax revenue of the black tax bill is even worse. It is most suitable to transfer the elected people from the God-making Project!"
"Philadelphia is a suitable place, but I think Chicago is more suitable. According to statistics, Chicago is also the best place! One of the cities with the highest crime rate in the United States. In recent years, the violent crime rate has been very high. Although the Chicago government has taken some measures to combat crime, the crime problem is still an important challenge facing the city. It is very suitable for us as IRS-elects. "
"According to what you said, Houston is actually more suitable. You see..."
"..."
A group of senior executives began to recommend cities of their choice. While recommending, they also listed the city's various crime rates and the benefits of black tax revenue. .
At this time, Obadiah looked at Vertonghen and asked: "Advisor Vertonghen, you were also present at the economic meeting hosted by Mr. President yesterday, why don't you also tell me What do you think?"
Vertonghen was silent for a moment, and then said with a serious face: "Actually, according to the requirements of Mr. President, none of the places listed just now are suitable..."
After hearing this, many senior officials at the scene were immediately stunned.
Of course, they are not listed casually, but are carefully selected after analyzing various data.
Why is it inappropriate?
With full of doubts, Rahan, a supporter of the Brown faction, couldn't help asking: "Advisor Vertonghen, what does Mr. President ask for?"
"You also know that now our country's What is the economic situation like? The black tax bill has only generated about 3 billion in tax revenue so far. Do you think the president will be satisfied?"
As soon as Vertonghen said this, everyone at the scene fell silent. .
Taxation and the economy are basically linked, and as senior officials of the Internal Revenue Service, everyone present could not understand the current economic situation in the United States.
Although the United States is now the only superpower and the most powerful developed country in the world, in fact, due to various reasons, the global economy is in decline, and the United States is no exception.
However, the economic downturn is a downturn, and many of their country's expenditures cannot be reduced, and are even increasing every year.
For example, military expenditure is the cornerstone for the United States to become a world hegemon. Even if it has no money, it certainly cannot be reduced. The United States’ military expenditure in 2020 is 738 billion US dollars, which is 738 billion U.S. dollars, which is higher than the previous year. It even increased by 1.9% year-on-year.
The second is social security expenditure. According to statistics, the United States' social security expenditure in 2020 was US$1.1 trillion, an increase of 3.8% over the previous year.
Social security expenditure is an important expenditure in the United States and is used to support welfare, medical insurance and pensions for the elderly and disabled people.
So this cannot be reduced. After all, America is a country where everyone has a gun. If you dare to reduce it today, tomorrow the affected people will dare to use their guns to fight you, causing social unrest.
The second is medical insurance expenditure. The United States’ medical insurance expenditure in 2020 was US$1.1 trillion, an increase of 2.5% over the previous year.
Medical insurance expenditures are mainly used to support medical insurance programs, including Medicare, Medical Assistance and Medicaid.
There is also Medicaid spending. The United States’ Medicaid spending in 2020 was US$686 billion, an increase of 3.3% over the previous year. The Medicaid program is a health insurance plan jointly operated by the federal and state governments. In providing health care services to low-income people.
Finally, there is veterans’ welfare expenditure. The United States’ veterans’ welfare expenditure in 2020 was US$67 billion, an increase of 1.5% over the previous year.
In addition, there are various government expenditures.
In a word, in this country, America needs money everywhere.
Where does this money come from?
Of course it comes from the IRS tax. However, military expenditures, social security expenditures, and medical insurance expenditures are rising every year, but tax rates are fixed and cannot rise with them, nor can they rise if they want.
This naturally creates a large financial gap, so where does the money come from?
The answer is to raise interest rates!
Since 2016, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates eight times in a row.
Although raising interest rates can cause a large amount of global capital to flow back to the country, it can alleviate the pressure on national fiscal expenditures.
However, this will also cause disadvantages such as inflation and the outflow of high-quality assets. Therefore, it is impossible to use this trick every time there is financial pressure.
What to do?
The only way is taxation!
This is also the reason why the black tax bill, which seems outrageous in other countries, was passed in the American Congress.
But now, after two or three months of hard work, they have only managed to get over 3 billion. This amount of money is an astronomical sum for ordinary people, but for a behemoth like the United States, it is not even possible. Not even with Mao.
Not to mention alleviating the financial pressure on the entire country, this amount of money is not even enough to build an aircraft carrier. It is no wonder that Vertonghen said that the president was dissatisfied.
Seeing that everyone was silent for a long time, Obadiah said: "Actually, Mr. President's meaning yesterday was very obvious. He was implying to us that the black tax bill just handed us a knife. But this knife may not necessarily be used to kill those criminals..."
"If you don't kill criminals, how can it be used to kill those capitalists?"
As soon as Lahan said this. , the hearts of many senior executives trembled.
In the United States, one percent of the rich own 32% of the country's wealth.
However, what is ridiculous is that the rich use various "legal tax avoidance", resulting in the amount of tax they contribute being lower than that of the middle class and the poor.
And because it is legal tax avoidance, and because these capitalists all work together to protect their own interests, even the IRS, with their immense power, can only gnash their teeth at these people. Nothing can be done.
“I didn’t say that!”
Faced with Lahan’s words, Obadiah first retorted, and then said: “But this is also a hint from the president, we Don’t pretend to be too deaf and dumb, you still have to do it!”
Donald nodded and agreed: “In this case, we cannot just transfer one of the candidates for the god-making project! It’s a city with a high crime rate. I think it’s appropriate to choose a place with rampant crime and a high capital crime rate.”
"Crime is rampant... plus the capital crime rate is high... Do you want to be transferred to New York?"
"Are you crazy? It's okay for you to carry out crime fighting in New York, but if you want to attack capital If we launch a comprehensive crackdown, do you know what it will be like if the people on Wall Street go crazy?"
"If New York doesn't work...then the only place I can think of is the Bend District of San Francisco, after all, that's where it is. Silicon Valley exists, and it is indeed a place with a high capital crime rate.”
“Mobile Silicon Valley? There are super capital groups such as Amazon, Guge, and Weiruan. Go to them. Do you think our IRS is not troublesome enough to cause trouble in our territory?”
“…”
The senior executives present began to carefully select areas, but whether it was Silicon Valley in San Francisco or Wall Street in New York, they were opposed by many people present.
After about five or six minutes, one person in the audience seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly slapped the table with his hand and said, "Since New York and San Francisco are not good, then I think there is a place that is suitable!"< br>
“Oh? Woodward, what place are you talking about?”
“Los Angeles, Western Suburban Bureau!”
“Western Suburban Bureau!”
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When they heard about this branch, everyone had different expressions.
The IRS has a total of 4 branches in Los Angeles.
They are the Long Beach branch, the Santa Monica branch, the Riverside branch, and now the western suburbs branch.
Although the Western Suburbs Bureau is not the regional branch with the largest GDP in Los Angeles, in terms of regional popularity, the Western Suburbs area is definitely the most famous.
The reason is simple, because Hollywood, which is famous all over the world, is within this area.
The senior executive named Woodward explained: "I have seen the crime rate in this area before. Compared with other areas in the country, it is considered high."
"And the crime rate in this area is high." The director’s name is Vivian. His abilities are too mediocre. He sits on a super regional platform like Los Angeles, but his total black tax revenue in the last round of assessment was less than 40 million. He is a waste!”
< br>“And everyone knows that the film and television industry has always been a paradise for money laundering criminals, and there are also yin and yang contracts among Hollywood big shots.”
“But this is not the most critical thing. The most important thing is that the capital pressure here is much less than that in other places!”
After saying this, the eyes of everyone present flashed, and they all seemed to recognize Woodward. These words.
The film and television industry is indeed a paradise for some money launderers.
Because there are loopholes in the supervision of funds in the film and television industry, some film and television companies have adopted various means to legalize illegal funds in order to avoid supervision.
Moreover, the industrial chain involved in this industry is relatively long, and all aspects from investment, production, distribution to sales are very complex. Even the supervision of the National Taxation Bureau is difficult to implement in all aspects.
Another point is that those who can manipulate the film and television industry for money laundering are all criminal economic predators, ranging from tens of millions to hundreds of millions. They are not comparable to ordinary criminals.
As long as they can really solve a case, it is not impossible to get more revenue than the Long Beach Bureau or the Manhattan Bureau in one assessment period.
But this is not the most important thing. The most important point is that, as Woodward said, the capital here is much weaker than the capital in other places.
The eight major film companies that currently control Hollywood are the only ones that have some strength among them.
Although the other seven major film companies also have capital behind them, they are not to the point where the IRS is afraid of them.
And if the candidates of the God Creation Project are transferred here, it will not only create a large amount of tax revenue for their Internal Revenue Service.
In accordance with the president's request, it shows that the IRS intends to crack down on capital crime tax evasion. It can be regarded as the best of both worlds!
After thinking for a while, Donald was the first to stand up and express his position: "I think the Western Suburban Bureau of Los Angeles is really suitable, so I agree!"
"I agree too."
"Agree ! ”
“…”
Everyone in the audience, including David’s supporters, Bellamy Hardy, and Brown Soros, agreed. This location.
In the end, Obadiah and Vertonghen were the only ones left on the court who did not express their opinions directly.
Obadiah looked at Vertonghen and asked: "How about Consultant Vertonghen, do you agree with this location?"
"Compared to the existence of New York Compared with Wall Street and San Francisco, where capital giants such as Silicon Valley gather, the capital power of Hollywood in Los Angeles is indeed much weaker, so I agree.”
Vertonghen is not a fool. First of all, this place is indeed suitable. .
Secondly, he was just called over by the president yesterday. If he didn't make some remarks, it would definitely be difficult to explain, so he had no choice but to agree due to both emotion and reason.
"Since you, Consultant Vertonghen, agree, then our proposal has been unanimously approved!"
Obadiah looked at Woodward: "You go handle the affairs of the Western Suburbs Bureau and take the director , and transfer the personnel who should be transferred, and prepare for the results of the assessment to be released in five days, so that the candidates selected for the God-making Project will take up their posts in the bureau. "
"It's the director."
O. Badea turned to Donald and said: "You arrange to issue an internal announcement to confirm that the candidate of the God-making Project will take office in Los Angeles, but don't specify which branch now!"
(End of Chapter)