In Men at Arms, the City Watch (under Corporal Carrot) uses this to get some weapons to deal with the civil unrest in Ankh-Morpork from the armory. Lord Vetinari mentions once to a complaining guild that, incidentally, they were on the taxpayer register last he looked. And only once in the whole book he's ever seen actually threatening someone. 
In Bloodline, by Sidney Sheldon, many people would cooperate with any investigation lead by Detective Max Hornung because of the reputation he earned during his previous job as a tax auditor. Robert Stack's tycoon character in Uncommon Valor gets threatened with IRS audits if he continues to fund the operation to go rescue some long-abandoned and left for dead Vietnam War prisoners (amongst which is his and The Hero's son). The owner caves and agrees to tell them what they want to know. Holmes says that one can be easily obtained, but adds that it might be more profitable to return with the labour commissioners: noting that unlike its neighbours, his factory has bar on the inside, not the outside, of its windows, indicating that he is more concerned with keeping someone in, rather than out, and deducing that his workforce must likely consists of illegal immigrants. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: When Holmes, Watson and Lestrade attempt to gain access to the rubber factory, the owner tells them to come back with a search warrant. Hemlock: Dragon, you have a talent for describing the indescribable. Won't it do your heart good to think of one of your paintings.in Mr. What do you think would happen to them? I imagine they'd be seized and.auctioned off, made available to everyone. More importantly, it won't do anything for your paintings. 
Hemlock: I wonder what the tax people would say if I revealed how I made the money - by killing people for the government.ĭragon: True, but of course, no one will believe you. How does an underpaid professor buy rare paintings? Masterpieces worth millions.
Dragon: I should think your collection would be interesting material for the Internal Revenue people.
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