American Tax Officer

Chapter 618: Chapter 311: You’re Finished, Amazon_2
 

Bucky also handed up the data he had gathered from his investigation.

After reviewing it, David’s smile grew even brighter because, as Bucky had said, the Amazon warehouses in these regions were indeed involved in violating tax policies.

“Boss, the ‘hidden tax’ you asked me to investigate for Amazon was really a tough job, but I believe I’ve lived up to the task. After collaborating with dozens of local offices, I obtained confessions and data lists from 366 merchants and proved that Amazon is indeed charging users a ‘hidden tax.’ They’re done for this time!”

Nisen first let out a sigh of frustration, then handed up a stack of documents thicker than those of Simmons Baki.

David’s eyes lit up when he heard this and he immediately began to examine the documents closely.

“Hehe, as expected!”

About twenty minutes later, having roughly gone through the documents, he revealed a smile that was harder to suppress than an AK’s burst.

Violating tax policies is merely taking advantage of the government and the IRS, but this hidden tax takes advantage of all Amazon consumers.

Don’t look at these consumers, among whom many are still wavering between supporting and opposing the investigation into Amazon.

But if their interests are truly infringed upon, they won’t be so easy to talk to, and even if they support Amazon, they might have to turn against it.

After all, while Amazon is under investigation by the IRS, we still stand by you to support you.

But Amazon, you have been quietly treating us like leeks ready to be harvested for years, and even acting as if we’re fools. How can we tolerate that?

“BOSS, what should we do next?”

Hearing Simmons’ words, David collected his thoughts, picked up his phone, and dialed Donald’s number, then said, “Deputy Director Donald, we’ve gathered all the pertinent materials on Amazon here. Should we go directly to them to negotiate a fine, or what should we do?”

Amazon is different from the likes of Disney and cryptocurrency companies before them.

This company has not paid a single cent in taxes for many years, and instead has been taking advantage of them every year. The headquarters has obviously been itching to penalize this company for a long time, so he was unsure if the headquarters would impose additional punishments.

“That fast?”

Deputy Director Donald was surprised to hear this on the phone.

After all, Amazon is a company with a nearly two trillion market value, and its business spans the globe. He thought that even if David were to investigate, it would take at least a month or two, but he hadn’t expected it to be settled in just 11 days.

“Yes, this is the result of our around-the-clock work.”

In fact, what David wanted to say was, with a cheat like this at his disposal, how could he not be fast?

“So what exactly did you find? Did Amazon get tax subsidies improperly, or is there some issue with their value-added tax reductions?”

“We found irregularities with the tax subsidies, and there are issues with their value-added tax reductions as well… oh right, during our investigation, we also uncovered a significant violation by Amazon!”

David almost forgot—he hadn’t explained much about the ‘hidden tax’ to Donald.

“Another significant violation? What is it?”

“For years, Amazon has been secretly charging users a fee, which can be referred to as a ‘hidden tax’…”

After listening to David’s lengthy description, Deputy Director Donald was dumbfounded for a while, but once he snapped back to reality, his expression suddenly shook.

Because according to what David had said, if it were confirmed that Amazon had been secretly charging users a hidden tax for so many years, they would immediately face universal condemnation.

By then, it wouldn’t matter if the Wall Street Journal came out in support of Amazon again; even if the White House were to stand up for them, they would likely be drowned in the spit of the public!

“Are you serious about this? Do you have any concrete evidence?”

To ensure there were no mistakes, Donald couldn’t help but double-check.

“Of course, I have it in my hands right now.”

“Good, immediately fax a copy over to me. After I’ve had a look and discussed it with the director and the others, we’ll provide further instructions to your side.”

“Fine.”

After ending the call, David immediately had Kepel fax over the documents about Amazon’s hidden taxes.

At the headquarters, Deputy Director Donald began to carefully review the file upon receiving it, and as he read through each line, his expression grew increasingly joyful.

Finally, he picked up the document, opened the door, and went to his secretary’s desk to instruct, “Notify the Chief Counsel and the others to come to the meeting room.”

Soon, upon receiving the message, high-level executives like Obadiah and Welton Heng filed into the meeting room. Seeing Donald’s flushed face, many wore expressions of confusion.

What had happened?

However, some had guesses, like Obadiah, who looked at Donald and asked, “Donald, has the Los Angeles IRS made progress in their investigation of Amazon?”

Donald nodded, “Yes, Director, the Los Angeles IRS has indeed come to a result in their investigation of Amazon. According to David, Amazon indeed has been abusing government tax subsidies and circumventing regulations to obtain tax deductions.”

“Really, Donald?”

“Deputy Director Donald, has Director David obtained substantial evidence?”

“Yes, has the evidence been secured?”

The high-level executives at the scene began breathing rapidly, eagerly pressing for answers.

“According to David, he has obtained significant evidence!”

“Excellent, that’s just like Director David!”

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s take down Amazon right away and make them cough up double the taxes they’ve owed us over the years!”

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Upon hearing that evidence had been secured, the executives could hardly wait to express their eagerness to take down Amazon and resolve their longstanding grudge.

“But that’s not all, David has uncovered something even more important during the investigation of Amazon, which I think is necessary to share with you.”

“What is it, Donald?”

Welton Heng, who had been calmly listening, suddenly became intrigued.

“According to David, for many years, Amazon has been silently charging users a hidden tax…”

In the meeting room, everyone listened quietly and intently to Donald’s words.

After his speech was finished, everyone’s brains felt as if they had been sharply struck, because they had never considered that Amazon, a corporate giant, would engage in such capitalistic exploitation behind everyone’s backs—it was outrageously brazen.

“You can’t be serious, Donald, Amazon has really been charging users a hidden tax?”

Obadiah was the first to snap out of it and interrogate.

Without elaborating, Donald simply pushed the faxed documents he had just received forward and said, “These are the materials from David’s investigation, take a look, Director.”

Given the gravity of hidden taxes, even Welton Heng couldn’t stay put; he immediately stood up from his chair and bent down to look at the documents in front of Obadiah.

The rest of the senior executives followed closely and gathered around to examine.

Once again, the meeting room went silent.

Soon, twenty minutes had passed, and as the last page of the document was turned, Obadiah couldn’t help but gasp.

It turned out that Amazon had indeed been charging users a hidden tax for many years.

And it wasn’t just that they collected it—they even promoted themselves with slogans like subsidizing users and saving money for them, showcasing capitalists’ slick maneuvers!

But then again, if these documents and the hidden taxes were exposed, Amazon would have serious consequences to face!