Chapter 12: Zero-dollar purchases are not a crime
Before everyone could come to their senses, David looked at another black man: "And you Barron......"
Ten minutes later, everyone in the room couldn't calm down anymore, and everyone looked like they had seen a ghost.
Because during this time, David turned the details and income of each of them upside down.
Has the IRS's ability to inspect be to the point where it can't hide any clues?
Terrifying......
But then again, Osborne's people are fine, after all, they thought that David was able to investigate so many details thanks to the powerful state apparatus of the Internal Revenue Service.
Only Nissen, who is a member of the IRS, knows that the IRS has no detailed information about these zero-dollar buyers.
In other words, all this information was found out by David alone!
But how is this possible!
It's very difficult to investigate such a detailed account of just one of them, let alone such a room of people!
First the previous case of Enkar's robbery, and now this zero-yuan purchase case, for a while, Neeson felt that he couldn't see through his partner more and more.
"Why, good citizens, don't you want to say something?"
David's slightly sarcastic voice brought back to the senses of a kind of black people who were immersed in shocked thoughts.
But to this day, they are still unwilling.
I worked hard to risk being beaten and eating guns, and I finally grabbed the proceeds, and your IRS is good, and you will have to get a piece of the pie if you come directly to the door, which is too bullying!
"Mr. Inspector, since you know it so clearly, then I have nothing to quibble, yes, we are involved in a lot of zero-dollar purchases, but ......"
Speaking of this, Osborne's tone lengthened a little, his expression was calm and seemed to have thought of a countermeasure, and he said slowly: "According to the new law introduced in 2020, the zero-yuan purchase incident, as long as it does not exceed 950 US dollars, is not considered an illegal act, that is to say, we are not considered illegal income, and naturally we do not have to pay taxes to your IRS!" ”
Osborne didn't want to come up with this policy to fight the IRS.
First, if this policy is taken out, then it will confirm the identity of them as zero-yuan buyers.
Who knows if the IRS will communicate with the police, in which case they will be targeted by the police, although the police can't do anything to them, but the future operation will definitely not go so smoothly.
However, now, in order not to be cut by the IRS, he can only endure the pain.
"Yes, although we are zero-dollar buyers, we don't make more than $950 for personal profits every time we loot, and the law doesn't count this as a crime!"
"Haha, Mr. Inspector, it's not that we don't want to pay taxes to your IRS, it's that the law doesn't allow it!"
“……”
The blacks in the room began to get proud.
And David, who heard this, did not rush to say anything, but looked at this group of black people who got carried away and thought they had found a way with foolish eyes.
In fact, strictly speaking, they are right in one thing.
That is, according to the current law, their zero-dollar purchase behavior of no more than 950 US dollars is indeed not enough to violate the law and commit crimes.
This is very explosive in any country in the world, but it is almost a normal thing in the United States.
In fact, this matter has to start from 2014.
At that time, California prisons were overcrowded, so a new rule was introduced, and if you buy less than $950 for zero yuan, you will only be sentenced to a misdemeanor at most.
If the attitude of confession is good, you can go home after receiving some education and some community welfare activities, and basically do not need to go to prison.
And in May 2020, Floyd's death by police brutality led to a black riot across the United States.
Black people took advantage of this incident to fish in troubled waters and ransack a large number of shops, which overwhelmed the police and prison system across the United States.
Eventually, this law, which originally existed only in California, was directly applied to all states across the country, and even more outrageously, even minor offenses were eliminated this time.
In other words, as long as you don't buy more than $950 for zero yuan, it's not a crime.
This is probably a kind of compensation for the Floyd incident, so as to calm the anger of black people across the country.
However, this regulation on zero-dollar purchases was only introduced in May 2020.
And their IRS black tax bill was introduced on December 3, 2021.
Therefore, in response to the legal conflicts and loopholes of zero-dollar purchases, the senior executives of the IRS who made and launched the black tax bill have long thought of it.
David took out his mobile phone, entered the official website of the IRS, found the Black Tax Act, flipped to Section 236, and then turned the screen to the black man and said: "According to Section 236 of the Black Tax Act, regarding zero dollar purchases and our tax policy, this is explained, regardless of the amount, it takes precedence over the tax policy!" ”
"What do you mean?"
The black man, who was still happy, suddenly felt bad, and Qi Qi frowned and asked.
"That means that you don't break the law if you don't buy more than $950, but you still have to pay taxes to the IRS!"
"This ...... That's impossible! ”
Now the blacks understood it, but most people still had a hard time accepting it.
"Mr. Inspector, what if we don't pay it!"
One of the black men replied with a slight anger.
"Don't pay?"
David's face turned cold, and he said coldly: "We will freeze all your accounts, and in addition, your benefits, unemployment benefits, and other benefits will all be stopped!" ”
"No, why do you stop paying our benefits and unemployment benefits, this is the welfare given to us by the state, you don't have this right!"
Most of the blacks present were either unemployed or unemployed, and in addition to zero-dollar purchases, one of the most important sources of income was relief and unemployment benefits.
This hearing is going to cut off these sources of income for them, and it is equivalent to killing them.
"Huh."
David sneered: "Why should you stop paying your benefits and unemployment benefits?" Just because you bastards don't want to pay your taxes! ”
"Where do you think your benefits come from?"
"It's not the tax collected by our IRS, and then it's allocated to you!"
"If everyone is like you, all kinds of tax evasion and all kinds of unwillingness to pay taxes, where will the money come from for the many benefits that the state has given you?"
These words made the black people present speechless.
Although they were unwilling to pay taxes, they had to admit the truth of David's words.
After all, the IRS is the purse bag of the United States, and if the IRS does not allocate funds, then let alone them, the welfare of the whole society will be wiped out.