American Tax Officer

Chapter 615: Chapter 310: Now I Know Your Achilles’ Heel!
 

“Speaking well!”

“Director David is right, the duty of the IRS is indeed to collect taxes, and if Amazon is suspected of tax issues, then a thorough investigation is necessary!”

“Exactly, support Director David!!!”

Online and in front of television sets, David’s supporters were also enthusiastically cheering.@@novelbin@@

Yes, Amazon, your influence may be enormous, but taxation is the foundation of a nation; surely you can’t expect to be exempt just because of your influence, right?

If everyone behaved like Amazon, what would be the point of having the IRS?

The nation’s finances would have been ruined a long time ago!

“Alright, next question…”

This time David pointed his finger at the reporter from KCBS Television Station.

Unlike the others, who were eager to ask their questions as soon as they were called on, this reporter spoke in a calm and collected manner: “Director David, there’s a rumor circulating online that in the last few years, Amazon hasn’t paid any taxes and has even received substantial subsidies from government finances—is this true?”

“That’s right, Amazon has indeed not paid any taxes to the IRS in the past few years, and from 2005 to 2021, they have received a total of $1.347 billion in tax subsidies by exploiting various state tax policies!”

In fact, this reporter’s question had been pre-arranged by David.

Because he was clear, to turn public opinion against Amazon and make them the enemy of the people, the best method was to expose to the world the corporation’s stinginess.

Your company is so large, and yet it refuses to pay taxes for so many years; this is indefensible, no matter what the reasons may be, right?

“My god, Amazon really hasn’t paid any taxes these years!”

“Fake Yau, not having paid any taxes is bad enough, but to actually receive subsidies by exploiting state policies, that’s too much!”

“Director David must investigate them thoroughly and then impose a severe penalty on them, making them cough up all the taxes they’ve evaded over the years, with interest!”

“…”

As expected, David’s statement immediately caused an uproar online.

Previously, although many people online had been saying Amazon hadn’t paid taxes in the past few years, this information hadn’t been officially confirmed, so Amazon’s supporters were naturally able to vigorously whitewash the situation.

But now that Director David from the IRS has personally come forward to confirm it, there’s no doubt about its veracity, and netizens are understandably very angry.

Even some of those who originally supported Amazon have started to feel that Amazon has been slightly underhanded in this matter, causing their stance to waver.

Los Angeles IRS lobby.

While most of the people at the scene were still absorbed in the previous news, a commotion from behind caused them to turn their heads and look.

“That’s… the Amazon Legal Department is here!”

Although Amazon’s Legal Department doesn’t have the reputation of being the strongest in the world like Disney’s, as a nearly two-trillion-dollar enterprise, they made public appearances quite frequently, so many people on the scene recognized them.

Seeing that Amazon’s Legal Department had arrived, the internet once again boiled with excitement.

Because Amazon’s Legal Department showing up here meant that the face-off with the IRS was officially underway!

In this battle of tax investigations and counter-investigations, who will ultimately emerge victorious?

This naturally became something many people online were looking forward to.

David, in the limelight, also saw the arrival of Amazon’s Legal Department and the corners of his mouth revealed a hint of a smile.

Compared to the executives from Amazon’s Los Angeles branch, these members from Amazon’s headquarters were sure to possess more internal secrets and dirt.

And David only needed to properly review them to inevitably obtain even more useful information!

“That will be all for today’s press conference, thank you everyone,”

The purpose of this press conference was to lighten the public relations pressure on the IRS, and since that purpose was clearly achieved, David naturally didn’t waste any more words.

After stepping down from the podium, he instructed Nisen, “Bring Amazon’s Legal Department to my office.”

“Understood.”

David returned to his office first, and three minutes after he arrived, five members of Amazon’s Legal Department led by Lakruwa were brought in.

“Director David, hello, my name is Lakruwa, I am the Chief Legal Advisor at Amazon’s Legal Department, this is my colleague Tomlinson, this is Welber, this is…”

Following Lakruwa’s introductions, David extended his hand warmly and shook hands with each of them.

Lakruwa opened the briefcase he carried with him, took out a thick stack of documents from it, and placed them on the table before saying, “Director David, since the IRS is launching a tax investigation against our corporation, we naturally want to cooperate. These are all the tax documents for our corporation from the past five years, across all regions; you might want to take a closer look…”

David pretended to pick up the materials, but his gaze kept drifting towards Lakruwa from time to time.

After examining him, a smile began to spread across David’s face.

If you were to ask which department within a corporation possesses the most internal dirt, it’s definitely the legal department.