United states tax collector

[Name: Tom Clarks. 】

[Occupation: Actor, investor...]

[Monthly income: 11 million US dollars. 】

[Detailed income: income from film remuneration, company stock dividends, bonuses...]

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[Name: Avello Chil. 】

[Occupation: CEO of United Artists Film Company. 】

[Monthly income: 900,000 US dollars. 】

[Detailed income: Income from salary, bonus and dividends...]

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[Name: Nokmand. 】

[Occupation: Vice President of United Artists. 】

[Monthly income: US$500,000. 】

[Detailed income situation: Income from bonus salary and dividends...]

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After reviewing the letters from this group of people, David gradually raised the corners of his mouth, looked at Tom Cruise and said: "Mr. Cruz, I respect your professionalism, but I don't agree with your words. !”

The shadow of a famous tree, David, who has a reputation for evil, was stared at and questioned by him like this. Tom Cruise was also a little scared, but he still pretended to be calm and replied: "Director David, you don't agree with what I said... …Which point are you referring to?”

"Your United Artists Film Company was founded in 1919 by four famous directors and actors; Chaplin, Fairbanks, Pickford, and Griffith. It has gradually developed into one of the eight major companies that control the production and distribution of American films. "

"In the 1950s, the American film industry entered a period of depression and recession. Chaplin and Pickford successively sold their stocks to financial capitalists."

"After that, Lian Mei Company changed hands several times. Finally, in 1981, it was purchased by K. Kerkorian, the owner of Mi Gaomei Company. It was merged into Mi Gaomei Company and renamed Mi Gaomei-Lian Mei Entertainment Company."

"But after entering the new millennium, Rice Cake Beauty was in crisis and could not save itself. But in 2006, your opportunity came..."

When he heard 2006, Tom Cruise's face suddenly became nervous, and the other United Artists executives were not much better, with thorns in their backs.

“According to the American tax system, a company will be subject to double taxation on the same income, that is, when the company’s after-tax profits are distributed, income tax will be levied on shareholders. Dividends are usually taxed as ordinary income, and dividends distributed to company shareholders do not need to be fully taxed. "

"70% of the dividends received by corporate shareholders from other domestic companies can be deducted, 80% can be deducted if they hold more than 20% of the shares of the allocating company, and 100% can be deducted if the corporate shareholders and the allocating company belong to the same associated group."

"So you and your acquisition partners were smart and negotiated with Rice Cake Beauty to avoid taxes in the form of shareholder dividends."

"So by acquiring this film company, you and your team didn't pay a dime in capital gains tax."

"This is the reason why Mr. Cros never revealed how much money you invested in front of the media. Am I right?"

In the United States, the reason why poor people have to pay taxes is because they do not have professionals, a team of lawyers, or a legal department to advise them.

The rich are different. With the help of various teams, they have thousands of ways to avoid taxes.

Just like when Tom Cruise and his partners acquired United Artists in 2006, they used shareholder dividends to avoid taxes.

But this method is similar to the yin-yang contract used by Hollywood big shots to avoid tax. As long as the IRS finds out the data and digs it out, it can easily be charged with tax evasion.

As David revealed the situation at the time, the top-secret information about the acquisition, and the ownership structure, the expressions of Tom Cruise and United Artists' two top executives became extremely gloomy.

But Tom Cruise did not choose to give in immediately, and then argued: "Director David, even if what you said is right, no matter what, according to the laws at the time, since this acquisition has been passed, it is legal!"

"It was legal at the time. However, since you can choose to take advantage of our tax laws and escape the tax amount required for acquisitions, do you think it is very difficult for you to find me guilty of several crimes according to the tax laws now? ?"

David was not threatening.

Although on the surface, it seems that Tom Cruise's acquisition passed the supervision.

But first of all, there were many violations of the rules at the time. The most important thing is that the company has now accepted the penalty, and Lian Mei Company at the time was part of the company.

As long as he seizes on one of them to make a fuss, he can label the acquisition as an illegal transaction, thus plunging United Artists, now controlled by Tom Cruise, into scandal and turmoil.

At this time, Tom Cruise's eyebrows were twisted into a "Sichuan" shape.

Not to mention that there were indeed problems with this transaction at the time. Even if there were no problems, Director David would definitely be able to solve the problems for you based on his abilities.

If it really comes to that point, things will end even worse.

"Can we talk privately?"

David picked up the landline phone on the table, and soon Neeson walked in and said to Tom and the others: "Gentlemen, please follow me!"

Neeson took the three of them to the lounge next door and left. Tom Cruise said solemnly: "Tell me what you think."

"I didn't expect that he would find out the details of the acquisition in 2006 in such detail. If there was no problem with Mi Gaomei, we could have a good fight with him, but now Mi Gaomei has admitted defeat. As long as they come out and confirm it casually, we won’t be able to clean it up.”

"Knockmand is right, and we at United Artists are different from their major film companies. They basically have big capital backing them now. We are now a 'bare commander'. If the Western Suburbs Bureau really wants to use this as a Thanks to us, I think the eight major Hollywood studios will soon become the seven."

Among the eight major Hollywood film companies, United Artists can be said to be doing the worst right now. Therefore, both United Artists Vice President Nockmand and CEO Avello believe that it is unwise to continue to confront the Western Suburbs Bureau. .

Tom Cruise heard the meaning between the two people's words. He frowned and said in a deep voice: "Not long ago, Disney warned me not to follow in the footsteps of Mi Gao Mei. But if we follow Mi Gao Mei now, If Mei did the same thing, she would probably be isolated by the Hollywood film company headed by Disney!"

"Isolate? How can they have time to isolate us now? The western suburbs branch led by David is pressing harder and harder. I think they will soon be unable to protect themselves. If they fail by then, then everyone will naturally be in trouble again. We are all like birds of a feather, so how can we be isolated?"

Nokmand's idea coincides with Lucy's previous visit.

After hearing this, Tom Cruise and Aveiro on the side also brightened up and thought it made sense.

But soon, Tom Cruise, who remembered something, said thoughtfully: "Disney is said to be lobbying Congress. If they really succeed, won't we be settled by the Queen?"

"The Disney Group is very powerful, but the black tax bill is such an important bill, and it has only been passed for a few months. No matter how much lobbying is done, it will never be repealed. On the contrary, I think it will be counterproductive if they do this. It will touch the back scale of the IRS and David, and David may be even more ruthless against them!"

"Well, Knockmand is right. Let's not talk about whether Disney's lobbying can move Congress, but David is obviously trying to set us up now. If we don't do what he said today, I'm afraid he will The butcher's knife will fall on our heads immediately."

Avello also echoed.

The words between the two people made Tom Cruise's face twist and turn. After about five or six minutes, he turned grim and gritted his teeth and said, "That's it!"

Now that they admit defeat, although they will face the wrath of a number of Hollywood companies led by Disney, it will not end the company.

And if David is angered by being too tough, then United Artists may have to be destroyed immediately. As for what is more important, everyone will make a choice.

After the three of them returned to David's office, Tom stopped talking nonsense and said directly: "Okay Director David, since you said so, what do we need to do?"

"It's very simple. Just pay us the amount of tax that was avoided at that time, pay us a late fee, and then publicly admit your mistake to the media, and the matter will be over!"

The other party's recognition of his cowardice made David quite satisfied.

Tom Cruise asked anxiously: "Then Chief David, how much do you need to pay?"

"Based on your situation, a total of US$500 million is enough for us."

"500 million……"

Although they had already had psychological expectations, after hearing this amount, the corners of the mouths of Tom and the others could not help but twitch.

"Director David, you also know that our current situation at United Artists is very difficult. This fine...can it be reduced as appropriate?"

Among the eight major Hollywood film companies, United Artists is the worst off today. The previous Mi Kuang Mei still has a market value of 70 to 8 billion, while United Artists does not even have 3 billion.

If they really have to pay a late payment fee of 500 million, then it is not an exaggeration to say that they will lose half their life, let alone their vitality.

"It's because I know that you, United Artists, are in a difficult situation, that's why I asked you to hand over 500 million. Otherwise, you would have been treated equally like Rice Cake Beauty. Don't be dissatisfied!"

These words made Tom and the others feel extremely aggrieved. This damn rice cake beauty still has a market value of 7 to 8 billion, and its background is much deeper than theirs, Lian Mei. How can they, Lian Mei, compare?

"Director David..."

Next, Tom still did not give up bargaining.

However, after a period of complaining and bargaining to no avail, and with David's tough attitude and unwillingness to give in at all, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept the punishment.

In this way, David currently manages two of the eight major Hollywood film companies.

Although the two that have been settled are the last and second among the eight major film companies, with the support of the other six major film companies, it is not enough to completely surrender the entire Hollywood, but for the Western Suburbs Branch, it is also It can be regarded as a staged victory.

At the entrance of the western suburbs branch.

Seeing Tom Cruise and his entourage walking out dejectedly, the media couldn't sit still and came up one after another to know the result.

"Mr. Cruz, what is the result of your negotiation with Director David?"

"Mr. Cruz, are there any other tax problems found in the United Artists company you hold?"

"..."

Reporters from major media outlets kept asking questions.

Tom Cruise was very upset because he had to pay a late fee of 500 million, but when he thought about David asking him to announce the results to the media, he could only hold back and said: "We at United Artists have been suffering from tax issues for many years. The dereliction of duty by the accounting personnel indeed resulted in some tax omissions. Fortunately, after an inventory conducted by the Xijiao Branch, we realized our mistakes. We will pay the Xijiao Branch a total of US$500 million in taxes that have been omitted over the years, plus late payment fees. all!"

Of course, he cannot say that there is subjective tax evasion, and can only blame the company's tax accountants.

As soon as the words fell, the scene fell silent, and everyone was stunned.

Not long ago, Mi Gaomei came, and not long after they arrived, they announced that they would pay a late fee of 1 billion to the Western Suburbs Branch. This matter has not been digested by everyone so far, but they immediately contacted Beauty has gone the same way again, is this serious?

You know, whether it is Mi Gaomei or United Artists, they are two of the eight major Hollywood film companies, the mainstay companies in Hollywood.

Why do you admit your guilt and accept punishment one after another?

"Damn it, what's going on with Mijiaomei and Lianmei? How come one took the initiative to pay 1 billion and the other took the initiative to pay 500 million? Do they really think it's money but not money?"

"How could they take the initiative to pay? Needless to say, the Western Suburbs Branch must have caught them and forced them to accept the penalty."

"From Rice Cake to the current United Artists, these two major companies seem to have given up. So what will the remaining six major film companies choose? I'm afraid it will become more and more exciting in the future!"

After a brief period of astonishment, the entire internet began to discuss this issue heatedly.

And the most interesting thing is.

The next six film companies are not the old film companies that can be said to be in decline, such as United Artists and Mijiao Mei.

They are now the mainstream film companies in Hollywood and even the world!

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Disney Headquarters.

"What a fucking bunch of pig teammates, pig teammates!"

After hearing that United Artists had also surrendered, Okanji was almost furious.

After the traitor Mi Gaomei was revealed, he gave numerous instructions to the other major film companies to stabilize their positions and not to cause trouble again.

But now Lianmei stabbed him in the back without saying a word, which was naturally another huge blow to their morale.

"Notify the people from the five major film companies and ask them to come over immediately!"

Okanji couldn't sit still. Now that Rice Cake and United States had defected, he had to personally get these people to come and stabilize them to ensure that they would not defect again.

Half an hour later, the secretary came in and reported: "Mr. Okanji, people from the five major film companies are here."

Okanji put away his anger and stood up with a serious face, left the office and came to a conference room not far across the way.

At this time, all representatives of the five major film companies were present in this conference room.

But almost everyone had the same look.

That is solemnity!

"I'm really sorry to call everyone together at this juncture, but this is related to the safety of our major Hollywood movie giants. I have to do this. Please forgive me!"

"Come on Mr. Okanji, we want to hear your opinion too!"

The reason why people from several major film companies rushed over as soon as they received the notice was actually because they were afraid that it would be their turn to be punished by the Western Suburbs Bureau next, and they were not very willing to be punished like United Artists and Mi Gao Mei. A huge sum of money.

"Lianmei and Mijiaomei were fined 500 million and 1 billion respectively by the Western Suburbs Branch. Although these are just fines, it is conceivable that such a big thing will definitely have an impact on their company's stock price, and it will plummet when the market opens tomorrow. That’s for sure.”

"And what I want to express is that we at Disney will never let Director David and the Western Suburban Bureau be so slaughtered. We will fight to the end!"

The five major film companies could guess that Disney, as the leader, would not give in so easily, but Okanji's words of "fight to the end" still made people from the major film companies present take a breath.

This means that Disney must fight with the Western Suburbs Bureau no matter what!

"Mr. Okanji, at this point, I feel that it is not a good idea to go head-to-head with the Western Suburbs Bureau. They have guns and artillery. In the end, their tanks and armored vehicles may drive into our Hollywood. , then it won’t be much fun.”

Representatives of Hollywood's eight major film studios and Warner Bros. expressed concern.

"Mr. Lambert is right. Our major film companies have made a lot of money in Hollywood over the years. Although this fine is expensive, it is not unaffordable, and as long as it is paid, Then sooner or later I can earn it back, I think if there is really no other way, there is no need to fight with the IRS!"

This time it was a representative from Paramount Pictures who spoke out.

Of course, although he said this on the surface, he was actually forcing Okanji to reveal more details about the current operations of the Disney Group.

They all know that Disney is preparing to lobby Congress to attack the IRS's black tax bill, but they still don't know what the progress will be.

"Yes, Mr. Okanji, this David and his Western Suburbs Bureau are coming in force. Although United Artists and Rice Cake Beauty have surrendered, they must be forced to have no choice..."

In addition to Paramount and Warner, the rest of Columbia Pictures and Huanqiu Pictures also said roughly the same words.

Of course, the purpose of their words was also to force Okanji to reveal more information to them and make some practical promises.

Of course Okanji heard what these people were thinking, but now in order to stabilize these people, he had no choice but to say: "Don't worry, everyone, I am not asking you to fight with the Western Suburbs Bureau to the end. I just ask you not to contact the United Nations Bureau first." Mei, Mi Gao Mei is in a mess, we are almost ready!"

"What do you say Mr. Okanji?"

Representatives from several major film companies cast curious eyes.

"Congress lobbying to attack the black tax bill will have results within two days, so now I ask you not to mess up anymore, do you understand?"

Hearing this, several major film companies were stunned at first, but soon they all became happy.

That's what they want.

And as long as Disney can really persuade Congress and gain leverage to negotiate with the Western Suburbs Bureau, and avoid being sued and being fined such a large amount, they will naturally make a lot of money.

Even if it really fails.

The unlucky one will only be Disney who charges.

As for them, the worst case scenario is that they just give up and pay the late payment penalty.

No matter what, it’s not a loss!