Chapter 194 You can only rely on yourself
David shrugged, as if I had made it very clear just now.
But his appearance made Bellamy, who was already angry, even more furious. He said fiercely: "Okay, there are only a few days left in the assessment period. I want to take a look at GCO." How can you get this amount of money!”
He has reached the point of breaking out, so he has nothing to beat around the bush.
“Okay, you’ll see it.”
David stopped talking nonsense, stood up, opened the door and left. After walking out of the Long Beach branch building, he immediately dialed a number.
At the same time, the General Administration of Washington.
As the assessment period approaches, Donald also has a lot of things to do, and he is extremely busy.
While he was carefully looking at the data from branches across the country, his thoughts were interrupted by the vibration of the phone on the desktop.
He picked it up and looked at it. When he saw the caller ID was David, he immediately picked up the call: "What's the matter David?"
"Deputy Director Donald, something happened here. I think it is necessary to report it to you and the senior management of the General Administration. The thing is like this..."
David detailed the freezing of GCO company funds. Speak up.
After hearing what he said, Donald, the deputy director of the General Administration, was also stunned on the spot.
GCO company?
A single tax payment of nearly 80 million?
How did David do this?
"Deputy Director Donald, what I want to say is that the Long Beach branch is clearly trying to prevent my tax money from being included in the account. I must appeal for this!"
On the other end of the phone The thoughts that came interrupted Donald, who was in a dazed state. When he came back to his senses, his face also darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "Once your tax money is accounted for, then Bellamy Hardy from their branch will But it’s ‘done’. Of course they don’t want you to be included in the account, but don’t worry, leave this matter to us, and we will give you justice!”
“Then! Excuse me, Deputy Director Donald.”
After finishing the call with David, Donald immediately picked up the landline phone next to him: “Riano, give you 10 minutes, I need a copy of the information about GCO Company. Information, in addition, notify the director and chief consultant... They will meet in the conference room in 20 minutes. ”
Putting aside the matter of the frozen funds, he was also very interested in the 80 million and the GCO company, but because they were on the phone just now, he couldn't explain it in a long way to get to the bottom of it.
Ten minutes later, Donald's secretary sent in information about GCO Company, and he immediately started reading it.
But as the information continued to come in, Donald's face gradually became confused.
According to data, GCO is one of the three largest private prisons in the United States, and it also cooperates with major law enforcement agencies such as the Department of Justice, FBI, and DEA. The network of relationships can be said to be extraordinary.
Then the question becomes, what method did David use to make this company so willing to offer these 80 million?
After thinking for a while, Donald still couldn't figure it out, but there was one thing he felt more and more he had done right.
That is to transfer the candidates of the God-making Project to the western suburbs of Los Angeles branch.
If David is really elected this time, once he officially takes office in the Western Suburbs Bureau, the eight major film companies may not be enough for him.
After all, he has forcibly squeezed out 80 million from GCO, a company with such a complicated background network, and how can those major film companies be any better?
"Giggle..."
The knock on the door interrupted Donald who was lost in his thoughts. He had to say first: "Come in."
"Mr. Donald, the director and the chief consultant have already gone to the conference room."
"Got it."
Donald stood up immediately, walked out of the office and headed towards the conference room.
When we arrived at the conference room, in addition to Obadiah and Vertonghen, all the other senior officials of the IRS were also present.
It can be seen that many senior officials at the scene were still confused about Donald's sudden convening of such an emergency meeting.
But there are also some people, such as Vertonghen and Lahan, whose expressions are normal, as if they knew something in advance.
“Deputy Director Donald, did you call us here in such a hurry?”
Obadiah was the first to speak. He knew very well that if there was nothing serious, There is no way that the deputy director himself would be so anxious to call all the senior officials over.
“Yes, Director.”
Donald sat down first, looked around at everyone, and then said: "Our god-making plan encourages everyone to compete fairly, but just now, I received a complaint from David of the Lake District Branch. He claimed that he had a tax , was maliciously frozen by the Los Angeles Bureau of Long Beach. I think this kind of thing is extremely bad!"
"What, the Long Beach Bureau froze David's tax money?"
"etc. Wait... isn’t David’s jurisdiction in Las Vegas? How can the Long Beach branch freeze his taxes?”
“The Long Beach branch maliciously froze David’s taxes, is it true?”< br>
After hearing what Donald said, there was an uproar at the scene, and many uninformed senior executives were even more confused.
Logically speaking, David's jurisdiction is in Las Vegas, which is just the state of Nevada.
And Los Angeles is located in California, which is completely out of reach. How come there was a conflict and the funds were maliciously frozen?
Obadiah was also in a confused state. He asked: "What's going on, Deputy Director Donald, please speak clearly!"
"The thing is like this, we in the United States Aren’t there three top private prison companies, one of which is called GCO. Their business is located in Nevada, and David found out that this company had evaded nearly 80 million in taxes..."
"Wait a minute..."
Before Donald could finish speaking, Obadiah interrupted: "Deputy Director Donald, how much tax did you just say you evaded?"
"Nearly 80 million!"
Get it again It was confirmed that not only Donald, but also many unsuspecting senior officials at the scene were shocked.
It has been two or three months since the black tax bill was introduced, but there has never been a single tax of nearly 80 million yuan.
How could this not surprise them?
"Keep talking!"
"Because this company is headquartered in Long Beach, Los Angeles, David has already arrived at their headquarters and reached an agreement with the company's senior management. The company will transfer the money Nearly 80 million in taxes were transferred to the designated account, but the Long Beach branch suddenly jumped out and froze it. That’s what happened!”
After saying this, Obadiah and many senior officials showed their faces again. A look of shock.
According to what Donald said before, since GCO is one of the three largest private prisons in the United States, it is certainly not weak in terms of background.
And for such a large legal company, the legal, financial, and tax personnel must be top-notch. How easy is it to force them to obediently pay such a large sum of tax money?
But David did it, which is too incredible.
“I know everyone is curious about how David did it, but what we want to focus on now is not that. What we want to focus on now is who gave the Long Beach branch the power to maliciously freeze manufacturing. God plans candidates’ taxes?”
Donald’s words brought many people back to their senses. A senior David supporter immediately echoed: “Yes, the Long Beach branch is maliciously freezing it. David's funds, this is a violation."
"Bellamy Hardy is not in the Long Beach branch, there is no doubt that this is a violation."
" Who said this is illegal? I don’t think so! ”
Just as some senior executives who supported David were reprimanding him, a completely opposite voice made the atmosphere at the scene instantly quiet.
Everyone immediately turned around and saw that the person who said this was none other than Lahan.
“Deputy Director Lahan, what do you mean by this?”
Lahan replied calmly: “First of all, this fund is as high as 80 million, which is not a small amount. According to the territorial principle, the local branch has the authority to check whether the funds are black money, and whether there is any money laundering or tax evasion. How can this be called malicious freezing? "
"Haha, now? There are only a few days left before the assessment period, and Bellamy Hardy exists in the Long Beach branch. Do you believe this if you say this is not a malicious freeze? "
"Deputy Director Lahan, you are a senior member of our Internal Revenue Service. You should know very well whether the reasons you mentioned are tenable."
"..."
Although Lahan This explanation is reasonable and well-founded, but judging from the existence of Bellamy as a candidate in the Long Beach precinct, it is untenable to a discerning eye.
“To be honest, I have contacted the Long Beach branch just now. The answer they gave me was that the funds can be unfrozen immediately, but the prerequisite is that David must explain Let’s take a look at the details and cooperate with the Long Beach branch’s review work, but David is unwilling to disclose it. Therefore, the Long Beach branch naturally needs some time to review, so I said this is not a malicious freeze!”
La! As soon as Khan said this, many senior officials who had supported David just now did not react for a moment.
However, Donald's mind was still flexible, and he immediately retorted: "Deputy Director Lahan, our IRS has the right to keep confidentiality for taxpayers. This is what Director David did in compliance with regulations. Is it true for the Long Beach branch? Don’t you know?”
“Yes, the case belongs to David. Why should he explain the details to the Long Beach branch? If he wants to explain it, he should explain it to the leader of his local branch. Explain!”
“Haha, the Long Beach branch asked David to explain the details, maybe it’s not just for review?”
After Donald’s rebuttal, other senior officials who supported David He also reacted immediately.
“Okay.”
Seeing that the two sides were having a heated argument, Vertonghen finally spoke, but when he opened his mouth, everyone consciously shut their mouths.
“Actually, I also learned about this matter just now. According to the information I received, this 80 million tax is not a black tax generated through the black tax bill, but through It comes from recovering GCO’s previous tax evasion.”
“For this god-making plan, we have chosen the spokesperson for the Black Tax Act, so I think that even if this tax is unfrozen, it cannot be superimposed. Looking at David’s original tax performance, what do you think?”
Vertonghen’s words were groundbreaking and stunned the David supporters headed by Donald.
Isn’t this 80 million tax collected through the black tax bill?
But if you think about it carefully, it seems...
GCO is not a gang or a drug trafficking organization, but a regular company. How can it be possible to have so many illegal gains?
Since David received 80 million, the bulk of it must be due to GCO's previous tax evasion, but the IRS failed to detect it.
"Consultant Vertonghen is right. I have information submitted by the intelligence departments of several branches. They have an assessment of the black tax on GCO prisons. Each prison is about 1-2 million US dollars. It’s just a black tax, it can’t be as high as 80 million.”
“So, even if this tax is unfrozen by the Long Beach Branch, it cannot be used as capital for the God-making Project.”
Lahan placed a piece of information he brought on the table.
The senior officials of David's support group took over and inspected them one by one.
After pressing the button quickly, their faces became ugly.
Because according to the data, it is indeed true. Even if all the prisons in a state's GCO are added together, it is impossible to calculate such a large amount of black tax revenue.
Then it can be roughly concluded that the nearly 80 million tax amount that David received was not collected through the black tax bill.
Since it was not collected through the black tax bill, it seems that people like Vertonghen believe that this tax cannot be used as campaign capital for the god-making plan, which is somewhat reasonable. Seeing the silence among David's supporters, Lahan, Vertonghen and others here showed a bit of complacency.
But before they could be happy for long, Obadiah's next words made their expressions dim.
“I think you all need to understand that when the God-Creation Plan was finalized, although it was said that if you use this bill to create the highest tax performance, you will be elected, it did not say that other aspects of taxation It doesn’t count!”
As soon as Obadiah said this, Donald and others reacted suddenly.
That's true.
At that time, they only agreed that whoever created the highest tax performance with this bill would be elected, but they did not stipulate that tax performance in other aspects would not count.
“Director Obadiah, although this was not explicitly stipulated at the beginning, the person chosen is the spokesperson of the Black Tax Act after all. Everyone agrees that this must be the tax revenue created by the Black Tax Act. How can David's tax be counted..."
The one who questioned aloud was Lahan.
Obadiah also looked at him and replied: "Deputy Director Lahan, I think you are putting the cart before the horse."
"Huh?"
Lahan looked confused.
“Let me ask you, what is the original intention of drafting the black tax bill?”
“Of course it is for taxation.”
“That’s right, black tax The bill is essentially for taxation, so as long as it can raise taxes, do you think it is necessary to distinguish between black taxes and non-black taxes? Is this important if it is Bellamy Hardy and Brown Soros? If they have this ability, then I will definitely support them!”
Rahane was speechless, as were supporters of Brown Soros and Bellamy Hardy.
First of all, the god-making plan does not clearly stipulate whether it must be a black tax or a white tax. Therefore, it is tenable that they used David’s 80 million to attack David, which was not a black tax. Now, Austria Badea's rebuttal is equally valid.
To put it simply, this matter is actually a matter of public opinion being justified and mother-in-law speaking mother-in-law being justified.
And the key point is that Obadiah is the boss of the Internal Revenue Service, so what he says naturally has weight, and it has been said to this extent. Even if others want to refute, they have to weigh it. Just weigh it up.
“Okay, since Director Obadiah said that the god-making plan does not need to distinguish between black tax and white tax, that’s no problem.”
"But... I think that since this matter is on the territory of the Long Beach branch, and the Long Beach branch thinks that there is a problem with the tax and has frozen it, then I also think that we should not interfere with their decision. After all, we also Not understanding the local situation cannot influence them to make the right decision!”
It was Vertonghen who spoke out this time.
And his words are obvious.
That is to tell Donald, Obadiah and others that since you said that there is no need to distinguish between black tax and white tax on this fund, then we will take this step back.
But the local IRS has frozen the tax, and I can’t take this step back!
Obadiah Donald and others were not fools, so they naturally understood. At this time, their brows also tightened.
"Consultant Vertonghen is right. Since the Long Beach branch has frozen the funds, their director and other senior officials must have their own considerations. We don't understand the situation. You shouldn’t interfere indiscriminately!”
“Since Director Obadiah said there is no distinction between black tax and black tax, then I have no problem. As long as the funds are approved by the Long Beach branch, it will be included. Put it on David's head."
"..."
With the support of Vertonghen, the chief adviser, the supporters of Bellamy and Brown also gained confidence and started to start one after another. Turning to the matter of freezing funds.
The reason is simple.
Even if this tax money can be used as capital for the god-making project, it only needs to be frozen for a few days by the Long Beach branch.
Once the god-making plan is over, their goal will naturally be achieved.
The deal is done by then, let alone returning the funds to David. Even if an extra 80 million is given to David, what's the use?
Seeing that Lahan and others were adding fuel to the fire, Donald and other David's supporters became even more anxious. They could only turn their attention to Obadiah, hoping to stand up and say a few words.
But what made them regretful was that Obadiah was still looking confused, but he had no intention of speaking again.
"Director Obadiah, what do you think?"
Vertonghen on the opposite side asked again.
Obadiah was silent for about ten seconds before replying: "Since Consultant Vertonghen thinks so, then so be it..."
After that, Donald The faces of David's supporters suddenly turned pale, while the supporters of Brown and Bellamy all looked shocked and almost gave high-fives in celebration.
After the meeting dispersed, Donald came to Obadiah's office immediately and asked: "Director, why do you want to leave the decision-making power to the Long Beach branch? They will definitely not release the tax money before the assessment period is over. "
"Do you think it's me, Donald?"
Obadiah glanced at him and explained: "You also saw that Advisor Vertonghen has stepped forward. And this free tax can be used as campaign capital for the god-making plan. This is already a step back for him. He can’t even freeze the funds. It doesn’t give him any face, right?”
"This...sigh."
Donald wanted to say something, but when he thought of Vertonghen as the chief adviser to the General Administration, and it is said that he has a closer relationship with the president than Obadiah, Obadiah It's normal to be afraid, and then I could only sigh helplessly.
"This David has even managed a company as difficult as GCO, and there are still four days left. Even if he doesn't need the tax, he may not be able to win against Donald."
"I hope, I Tell him the news first and let him make preparations first."
Donald opened the door and left. After returning to his office, he immediately dialed David's number: "Director David, I'm afraid something is wrong. I'm going to make you regret it."
"What should I say?"
"This 80 million of your funds should not be a black tax but a white tax, right?"
"Yes, this is indeed the amount of tax that GCO companies had evaded before the Black Tax Act."
"So, the supporters of Bellamy and Brown on the General Administration side use this as an attack point. , saying that he is now the spokesman for the election of the black tax bill. White taxes cannot be used as campaign funds, and the director and I have defeated all the efforts of the nine cows and two tigers, which can be regarded as overwhelming. But as a price, that is, the Long Beach branch freezes you. There's nothing we can do about the funding."
"Okay, I'll take care of it myself."
Donald thought that after hearing the news, the phone number was gone. David would be very depressed if he had a headache, but what he didn't expect was that David was not depressed at all, which surprised him, and then asked: "Okay, if you need anything, just contact me again."
"Okay, bye Deputy Chief Donald."
In the center of Long Beach District, in a cafe opposite Hailun International Trading Company, David put down the phone with a sneer on his face.
He knew that Bellamy must have some confidence if he dared to freeze his funds.
But what I didn’t expect was that he actually found out that the funds did not belong to black taxes and could not be used as capital for the God-Building Project.
That’s a bit ridiculous!
But the good thing among misfortunes is that Donald fought for and confirmed for him that the free tax can also be used as capital to compete for the god-making plan. As long as he gets the funds frozen, then Bellamy, Brown's supporters have nothing to say!
"What did the General Administration say about the tax chief?"
Nissen saw something was wrong with the situation and immediately asked.
“It’s impossible to ask the General Administration to help unfreeze the funds. We can only rely on ourselves.”
“What, what’s going on with the senior management of the General Administration? It’s obvious that Long Beach What the heck did Bellamy in the branch do? They can actually tolerate this kind of behavior?"
Neeson, Simons, Bucky, and the three of them were dumbfounded.
Although they had known for a long time that Bellamy was being protected by someone at the General Administration, the senior management of the General Administration couldn't blatantly steal their tax money, right?
As for the other senior officials, no one can speak for them?
"Okay, it doesn't matter if they don't care."
David already had a back-up plan. Since the General Bureau doesn't care about this matter, he only needs to deal with the Long Beach branch. , the funds will naturally be released.
Although the three Nissens were still full of doubts, seeing David's unwillingness to say more, they did not dare to ask any more questions.
As time passed by, it soon came to 5.30 minutes.
At this time, in the Hailun International Trading Company opposite, a large number of employees who were off work began to come out one after another.
Soon, the appearance of a tall, thin man with glasses attracted his attention.
[Name: Trevicorn Martin. 】
[Occupation: Taxation Director of Hailun International Trading Company. 】
[Income: monthly legal income of 56,000 US dollars, illegal income of 2.3 million US dollars. 】
[Income details: On December 23, a batch of goods shipped from the port made a profit of 500,000 US dollars in false tax declarations. On December 31, a batch of goods handled by the company's port made a profit through accounting $500,000, January 11th...]
[Tax payable: $910,800. 】
“Go and bring him to see me, keep a low profile!”
David knew that people from the Long Beach branch were probably watching him, and he tried his best to get here this time. He hid his whereabouts, but he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't be noticed by the other party, so everything had to be kept low-key.
Following David's instructions, Neeson and Bucky also put on their hats and headed in the direction of the tall, thin man with eyes.
Not long after, the man with glasses was brought over. After seeing David, he asked with some confusion: "Are you...?"
As a company He is the tax director. He is very familiar with the IRS personnel at the Long Beach branch of the IRS, but he has never seen the faces of David and Nissen.
If Nissen hadn't shown his tax badge just now, he wouldn't have followed so easily
"No need to guess, we are not from the Long Beach branch, I am from Las Vegas From the branch over there, my name is David.”
"David...wait...!"
The man named Trevicorn seemed to have remembered something, and began to look at David with wide eyes. After a while, he Then he confirmed: "Are you the Chief David who led armed attacks into the Indian tribes?"
"It seems you know me."
"After all, my job is It's related to taxation, how could I not have heard of you..."
Trevikan began to feel uneasy, because he didn't understand that this notorious tax chief came to Los Angeles to find him a job. What.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let me ask you, Director Ducoure of the Long Beach branch, should you be a classmate, right?"
Hearing this, Trevicon made a sound, but still Pretending to be calm, he replied: "Yes, this is not a secret. What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
"On the 11th of last month, you asked him to open a tax filing for you. The green light was given and he was given 80,000 US dollars in the end, right?”
“No, it’s nothing!”
Trevicon’s face changed drastically, and then he retorted. .
(End of this chapter)