American Tax Officer

Chapter 681: Chapter 342: The Submission of Mid-Level Companies_2
 

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“In the past two days, we brought over companies like Cisco, Olian, and Liquid… These handful of companies were called in to verify their tax issues, and after a screening by both parties, we found that there indeed were some omissions in their tax affairs.”

“Here, I would like to commend these companies for their understanding and willingness to correct their years-long tax omissions by agreeing to make additional payments to the Internal Revenue Service. This is indeed praiseworthy and positive…”

Boom!!!

As soon as these words were uttered, the scene erupted both online and in the conference room.

Many had already guessed that the companies summoned must have had issues with their taxes, and that today’s meeting was probably to negotiate the payment of overdue taxes. It turned out their guesses were right!

Of course, there was another point that was also worthy of scrutiny.

Despite Director Bruna’s comments about these companies’ ‘profound understanding of the greater good,’ the reality is that capitalists are usually ruthless and without conscience.

It’s not just a matter of demanding such a large sum in taxes, even giving their employees a slight increase in wages would hardly be met with such easy compliance.

And now, just two days later, these handful of companies had compromised on tax issues. Anyone could understand that this was certainly not some noble act of understanding the greater good!

It was very likely that these companies had been cornered by Inspector David, who had been overseeing the situation, and thus had no choice but to comply!

“Director Bruna, you just mentioned that these handful of companies had tax omissions and that they are willing to make additional payments. Can you disclose the specific numbers?”

After a brief moment of surprise, a reporter came forward with a question.

His question, too, was of great interest to everyone inside and outside of the venue, holding their breaths in anticipation.

“There is no inconvenience in revealing that, based on our preliminary calculations, these companies together owe a total of $13.66 billion in back taxes.”

“$13.66 billion…”

Hearing this figure, both the media present at the scene and the viewers watching on TV took in a sharp breath.

It wasn’t that the number was particularly staggering; in fact, the fines imposed on personalities like Satoshi Nakamoto or companies like Amazon have been much higher than this tax bill of $13.66 billion.

The reason for the widespread shock was that Silicon Valley did not merely consist of these handful of companies; there were over 10,000 businesses both large and small.

Now, these few companies alone had contributed $13.6 billion in back taxes. Keep in mind, these are only mid-tier companies within Silicon Valley. The true behemoths have not yet made their position known.

If these giants also have issues with back taxes, along with the thousands of small and large companies, then what kind of astronomical sum might the back taxes add up to?

If this amount of money could indeed be collected, it might not completely resolve America’s financial problems, but it could restore a good two or three tenths of the fiscal deficit with no question!

“Director Bruna, are these handful of companies the only ones in Silicon Valley with tax issues, and will the audit continue?”

Another reporter posed a question that many people were interested in.

“As I mentioned earlier, today we are merely announcing the preliminary results of our tax audit operation. ‘Preliminary’ means that this is just the beginning; we will continue to proceed. I also want to issue a warning to all the major Silicon Valley companies: if you have tax issues, please come forward voluntarily; we can offer the greatest leniency. If you remain obstinate, then you might face harsher penalties later on. That concludes today’s press conference. Thank you, everyone…”

After finishing her statement, Bruna turned and left, leaving the reporters behind to exchange bewildered glances.

Meanwhile, in Silicon Valley, many corporations felt a renewed sense of heaviness upon hearing Bruna’s warning tinged with threats.

But as heavy as their mood might have been, they showed no immediate intention of surrendering.

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However, they were relying on their “thick skins” to remain somewhat confident, but other small and mid-sized companies didn’t have this confidence. After witnessing a dozen mid-tier companies capitulate, these small and medium-sized companies also quickly shifted their sails; they had their financial and tax departments start compiling statistics as quickly as possible, preparing to carry out tax clearance work.

Bay Area Branch.

At this moment, Bruna walked into David’s temporary office with a beaming smile and said, “Inspector David, I have you to thank for letting me bask in glory before the entire country. Otherwise, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have had such a shining moment even by the time of my retirement.”

“That’s nothing, Silicon Valley is your turf, and you’ve also put in no small effort over the past few days, so it is what you deserve.”

Bruna shot him another grateful look, then changed the topic, “By the way, after my public announcement, we have received consultation calls from over 50 companies. It won’t be long before we have a large sum of income again.”

“What about the big players? Still no statement?”

“Have you heard of ‘Mellanox’?”

David thought carefully and realized he had no impression of such a company. Then he shook his head.

“This is a subsidiary of Nvidia, and just recently, we received a consultation call from the CEO of this company. On the surface, he was inquiring about some tax issues for his own company, but he seemed to be probing on behalf of his parent company.”

“So, does that mean Nvidia is currently in a state of indecision?”

“Nvidia may be one of the big giants in Silicon Valley, but they are different from the others. Their CEO, Huang Renxun, is of Asian descent who has experienced oppression by Jewish groups in the past, so he’s not very compliant with them. Of course, I think what he’s more afraid of is that while facing our investigation, he’ll also have to worry about being backstabbed by the Jewish groups, so it’s not surprising that he’s vacillating.”

David propped his chin and thought for a moment, then said, “Well, no matter what he’s thinking, he will eventually have to go with the flow. I haven’t been idle these last two days either. Since these giants are still ‘playing deaf and dumb,’ it’s time to put some pressure on them!”

Having said that, he took out a stack of documents from the cabinet below, and these documents were inscribed with the names of major companies like Microsoft, Gugo, and Oracle.

These were the secret details about various giant companies that he had found using his inspection function over the last two days.

Bruna took one look at the signatories on the documents, a flicker of something unusual passed in her eyes, but she ultimately nodded and took them.

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Silicon Valley, Gugo Headquarters.

At the moment, Ryan was in his office, constantly confirming the situation with the heads of his company’s finance and tax departments.

He had already reported their company’s situation to Freemasonry. However, they didn’t have any good solutions at the moment and could only instruct him to eliminate these risks internally first and then decide on the follow-up actions according to the situation.

So he could only order the tax and finance departments to see what other issues needed to be addressed as soon as possible.

“Giggle giggle giggle…”

Just then, a knock sounded at the door of the office, and Ryan could only say come in.

“Mr. Ryan, this is from the Bay Area Branch, they said it was to be delivered into your hands personally.”

It was his secretary who came in.

“What is this?”

Hearing that it was from the Bay Area Branch, Ryan’s expression instantly tensed up. After receiving it and realizing it was a document, he hesitated for a moment, then tore it open.

But as he kept reading the content, his expression grew uglier, and by the end, he even cursed loudly and threw the file onto the desk.