American Tax Officer-Chapter 563 - 284: Negotiations with the Military-Industrial Complex
Chapter 563: Chapter 284: Negotiations with the Military-Industrial Complex
David nodded his head and asked, “Then when will they come over?”
“They are already in Los Angeles and can come over at any time.”
“Let them come over then.”
“Alright.”
Sean immediately took out his mobile phone and started dialing a number.
About half an hour later, a knock sounded on the office door, and a middle-aged man in a suit pushed the door open, followed by three men and a woman.
Seeing them enter, Sean also stood up immediately, shook hands, and exchanged greetings with these few people. He then turned to introduce them to David, “Director David, this gentleman is Stephens·Hesheitz, board member of the Raytheon Company. This gentleman is Mark·Edward, head of Boeing Company’s Defense Division. This is…”
Once Sean finished introducing all five people by name and position, they each came up with friendly smiles to shake hands and greet David.
After making initial acquaintance, David gestured for everyone to be seated, and then quietly began scrutinizing each individual.
[Name: Stephens·Hesheitz.]
[Occupation: Board Member of the Raytheon Company.]
[Income: Legitimate annual income is twenty-one million one hundred and ten thousand US Dollars; illicit income sixteen million four hundred thousand US Dollars.]
[Income Details: On December 11, 2021, bribed the Middle Eastern Qatari Royal Family with twenty million US Dollars to secure a military industrial order and made a profit of two million US Dollars from it. On February 3, 2022, bribed an official in the Pentagon’s procurement department with five million, secured a military industrial order, and ultimately made a profit of one million two hundred thousand…]
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[Tax Owed: Six million three hundred thirty-six thousand US Dollars.]
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[Name: Mark·Edward.]
[Occupation: Head of Boeing Company’s Defense Division.]
[Income: Legitimate annual income eight million six hundred thirty-six thousand US Dollars; illicit income ten million two hundred thousand US Dollars.]
[Income Details…]
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[Tax Owed: Four million thirty-nine thousand US Dollars.]
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“As expected,”
As the details of these people’s information continued to emerge before him, David mentally uttered ‘as expected’ to himself.
He knew that groups like the military-industrial complex would never be completely clean in terms of taxes, and now his inspection had confirmed his thoughts.
Of course, he was not referring to just these few individuals. Although they had made a considerable amount of money using their positions of power, compared to the entire group behind them, this was barely significant.
Take the Raytheon Company, for example,
The company would use methods like “capitalization of research and development costs” to dodge taxes. As the name suggests, they would claim to have spent a large sum on the development of a certain project and capitalize these expenses rather than listing them as direct expenditures. This could reduce the amount of taxable income to a certain extent.
But there is much that can be done within this framework.
They might claim to have invested ten billion, twenty billion, but the actual R&D expenses might not even reach one billion.
And as part of the vast interest groups like the military-industrial complex, even the Internal Revenue Service wouldn’t dare to investigate them thoroughly. Over the years, they have been turning a blind eye.
Beyond this method, these military-industrial conglomerates would also dodge taxes through transfer pricing, defense confidentiality agreements, and high debt ratios among other methods.
But that’s not even the most audacious part.
These conglomerates are even capable of manipulating Congress to create various policies of floating tax avoidance for themselves—that’s the most outrageous part!
The military-industrial complex truly lives up to its reputation.
No wonder it’s such a gigantic interest group, on par with Freemasonry!
Having glimpsed the true strength of the military-industrial group, or the Ansa Group as it could also be called, David felt increasingly inclined to take advantage of the situation.
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Seeing that David was silent for so long, Sean coughed as a reminder.
David then came back to his senses and, feigning confusion, asked, “Gentlemen, our Internal Revenue Service doesn’t have any business dealings or cooperation with you. May I ask what brings you here this time?”
“It’s nothing major, actually. We are here on behalf of our respective companies to simply express our gratitude to you, Director David. That’s all it is.”
“Gratitude??”
“Yes, you see, Congress is preparing the Aid W Act, which our five companies will contract for when the time comes. So, the company asked us to personally extend our thanks to you, Director David. That’s the nature of our visit.”
Mark from Boeing Company didn’t bluntly say that they were here for the money; instead, he gave David a ‘you know what I mean’ look.
“Oh… ”
David feigned a look of sudden realization.
“Oh, by the way, Director David, the Aid W Act involves funds amounting to hundreds of billions. I was wondering… is there any way we can be of assistance, perhaps?”
Stephens from the Raytheon Company spoke with an intriguing tone.
Showing some interest, David asked, “Then why don’t you tell me, what kind of help can you offer?”
The five men exchanged glances, then each took out a document from their briefcases and portfolios, placing them on the table.
“What’s this?”
“This is just a small token of our companies’ appreciation, Director David. Please take a look and see if there’s anything helpful to you in it.”
David immediately picked up Mark’s document to review it, and as he did so, his expression subtly changed.
The document handed over by the other party contained information about some businesses and families in Los Angeles and other places suspected of tax issues.
It seemed these military-industrial conglomerates feared that the four to five hundred billion needed for the Aid W Act might not be gathered quickly enough, which could be why they were providing information to expedite the process.
