The room felt smaller with the IRS officers sitting across from Michael.
A recorder rested on the table between them, its red light staying on while one of the officers turned another page in the file. Michael had been answering questions for more than an hour, yet his attention kept drifting away from the figures in front of him.
"Can you confirm the transfer made from the account ending in 4812?"
Michael looked down at the document. "Yes."
"What was the purpose of that transfer?"
"Business expenses."
The officer looked at him for a moment. "What kind of business expenses?"
Michael paused. He knew the answer. He had known it before they even asked. His mind simply wasn't interested in the question anymore.
"Consulting."
"Which consultant?"
Michael gave the name.
The officer wrote something down and moved to another page. "And the company that received the payment, what was your relationship with that company?"
Michael answered again, but his thoughts were somewhere else.
