The thunderous applause echoed throughout the conference room, and Gusin gave plenty of face, signaling for everyone to stop only after a full minute had passed.
"Team seven, squad two, you are the example that our whole bureau should learn from. I hope that when the next assessnt period starts, everyone will aim to match the standard set by team seven, squad two. Okay, next is team eight..."
With the dazzling achievent of over 800,000 dollars in tax contribution from team seven in front, people barely paid attention to the data from the three smaller teams that followed.
It was only after more than half an hour, when team ten's data had been announced, that Gusin turned to the operator and asked, "Are we ready with the data from Downtown District Sub-Branch and New City District Sub-Branch?"
"It's all set, the data has been sent over and is being received; it will take about three minutes!"
Upon hearing this, a sense of tension appeared on Gusin's face.
Likewise, people present like Lewis, Hector, and most of the inspectors felt the sa.
Since the introduction of the Black Tax Act, Washington D.C. Headquarters had established an assessnt period every half month.
And this assessnt was not only within their own bureau but was a joint evaluation involving all three sub-bureaus of Las Vegas.
The higher-ranked and higher-achieving sub-bureaus would receive not just comndations, but substantial rewards as well.
During the last assessnt period, because the Downtown District Sub-Branch achieved the first place in tax contributions across the city, all inspectors, chief officers, and tax investigators received a handso salary bonus.
Moreover, they also received an allocation of 200,000 dollars in public funds.
With that money, the inspectors from Downtown District Sub-Branch could apply to use these public funds for purposes such as bribing informants or purchasing intelligence leads.
This way, they would naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort in the next assessnt period.
While everyone was lost in thought, the data from the two major sub-bureaus seed to have been received. With the operation conducted by the controller, the image on the large screen changed.
Upon opening, the title above read:
'New City District Sub-Branch Assessnt Period Data.'
Looking down from the title to the 'Total Tax Achievent' behind the numbers, everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.
Because it displayed '493,000 US dollars.'
Currently, their Lake District Sub-Bureau alone, with just David's team, had already reached over 800,000.
Together with the other nine teams, the total was nearly 1.3 million US dollars.
The total tax achievent of the New City Sub-Branch was a re 493,000, not even half of theirs. They were simply not on the sa level!
But the relief only lasted for a mont, as Gusin, Lewis, and the inspectors present tensed up again.
Las Vegas is divided into three major districts, with Lake District and Newtown District having roughly the sa GDP.
As for the Downtown District, it is the most prosperous, with the strongest economic strength, and the highest GDP.
To say it's not an exaggeration, even when combined, Lake District and Newtown District barely equal the Downtown District.
The reason is simple.
Las Vegas has over 200 casinos, and just the Downtown District alone contains more than a hundred of them.
Not to ntion other hotels, cultural tourism projects, and so on.
And there's another point—Downtown District Sub-Branch was the one that claid first place in tax achievents last period, and as a result, they received a sum of public funds.
With this financial boost, no one knew how far their tax achievents could go during this assessnt period.
Under the tense mood of everyone, the controller opened the data about the Downtown District. When they saw the total tax achievent listed below, everyone felt a sense of relief.
It seed that things had not gone beyond their expectations after all.
The Downtown District Sub-Branch's tax achievent was only 1.03 million US dollars, still a good distance away from their bureau's total of over 1.3 million.
"Haha, fantastic!"
"Wrigley, extrely Wrigley!"
"Nice, nice!"
When Gusin had announced the data for each team, truth be told, many inspectors were a bit annoyed at being overshadowed by David's team.
But now, that annoyance was transford into gratitude.
With their bureau achieving the top tax contributions across the city, firstly, they would receive a salary bonus, and secondly, the bureau would get a sum of public funds.
This way, they could apply to use public funds for the new assessnt period, thus allowing for smoother tax enforcent work.
…
While the Lake District Sub-Bureau was still reveling in excitent,
concurrently, at 77 Kegley Avenue in the Downtown District, the local IRS sub-branch was located here.
Just like the Lake District Sub-Bureau, the Downtown District Sub-Branch also occupied a five-story building.
However, it featured a grand porch on the ground floor where four marble columns supported the roof, creating an imposing presence.
The main entrance was a pair of silver automatic doors that swung open and closed to welco a steady stream of taxpayers.
From the ground to the top floor, nurous windows allowed natural light to fill the building. These windows were neatly arranged, like a series of mirrors reflecting the bustling traffic below.
At this mont, in the fifth-floor conference room in front of the large screen, a blue-eyed, blond middle-aged man with a beaming smile said, "Alright, the data from Lake District and New City District have been sent over, let's take a look, shall we?"
His na was Keanu Alderson, one of the two tax investigators of the Downtown District.
At his cue, the screen controller opened a docunt, revealing the title 'New City District Sub-Branch' at the top.
Below the title was the data for New City District's assessnt period.
Seeing the figure of 493,000 US dollars, whether it was Keanu on stage or the chief officers and inspectors below, all maintained a calm, as-if-expected deanor.
"493,000, not bad. After an assessnt period of developnt, Newtown District has indeed achieved significant results. Now, let's see the achievents of Lake District!"
Quickly, the docunt for Lake District Sub-Bureau was opened.
But when they saw the number 1.389 million US dollars, everyone's eyes widened in disbelief, and a dead silence fell over the room—you could hear a pin drop.
Keanu on the stage was also stunned for a while before turning his head to the controller and asking urgently, "Is this Lake District's data? Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?"
The controller was shocked too but responded without hesitation, "Inspector Keanu, this is the data sent from Lake District Sub-Bureau itself; how could I mistake it?"
"Call them imdiately to confirm, see if they entered the wrong tax achievent!"
Keanu still couldn't believe it.
And truthfully, neither did the other chief officers and inspectors at the scene—they all found the tax achievent hard to believe.
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