"Mr. Mayor, I have to say that your accounting is very good!" The investigator from the state tax bureau put down the account book in his hand, took off his glasses and closed his eyes tiredly. There was already a mountain of accounts piled up around him, all of which he had already read. It took him three days to go through all the account books roughly, and he had to say that Tenel City's tax account books were "compiled" very well and were made by experienced hands.
When you open any account book, you will be filled with accounts containing tens, tens or at most a few dollars. Occasionally, you will find one or two tax returns with relatively large funds. In the end, they are either proved to be "small profits" or "charity." In the imperial tax system, no tax is levied in these two cases.
Meager profit refers to meager profits. Among the commercial activities regulated by the empire, most of the meager profit trade refers to trade related to people's livelihood, such as wheat kernels, beef and other essential supplies for life. The government has established unified standards for wholesale and retail prices, which are not affected by fluctuations caused by market supply and demand. Coupled with the existence of "grain protection zones" and "pastoral protection zones", the empire is exempt from taxes on these low-profit trades.
It is actually normal for charity to be tax-free. You must know that the just-concluded charity dinner raised more than 40,000 yuan. This money can be directly distributed to poor citizens in need of assistance. However, in order to avoid the emergence of problems such as corruption and embezzlement, the Empire It is stipulated that all funds used for charity cannot be distributed directly in cash to those in need, but in the form of materials.
For example, using charity money to buy food, fabrics, and various things to distribute, this can avoid as much as possible a large amount of money from causing people's greed, and can also prevent the money from being used by certain gangs or groups in various ways. Various ways are then taken away from poor citizens. Materials purchased with charity funds are used for charity, so there is no need to file a tax return.
Perhaps this can explain why there is almost a charity donation every month in the territory of the old party. They use this method to hide tax issues reasonably and legally.
The mayor sitting aside smiled, not sure whether he confirmed the investigator's statement or dismissed it.
The investigator smiled and shook his head. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the lenses, put the glasses properly back into his pocket, and then looked at Peter, "Mr. Mayor, there is nothing in this world." Things can be foolproof, and nothing can be perfect." He picked up an account and shook it. "These numbers may be relatively reasonable, but I believe there must be some loopholes in them. As a state tax collector, I have access to more ledgers than Nell has in a hundred years combined, and all it takes is one mistake and all the accounts will fall apart."
He put the account book back on the table, took a sip of the cold coffee, "Maybe you don't know, but a new decree will be announced during this mid-term election. The tax reform plan has been passed by the Imperial Parliament. These little tricks of yours will soon be implemented throughout the empire. After the new laws and regulations are introduced in two years, comparing the new taxes with the current taxes, no matter how good the fraud is, it will appear to be nothing. significance."
"Even the more real you make it, the more painful it will be if you fall in the future."
Peter's eyebrows jumped. He really didn't know that the tax system reform had actually been passed. He had heard of such a plan before to turn active tax filing into passive tax filing. The current tax filing method is that when a store sells something, the shop owner records the price, type and other information of the item sold in a book. At the end of the month, the book is sent to the tax bureau for registration.
The tax bureau will conduct statistics on each sales record noted in this account, and finally arrive at a total amount of tax that needs to be paid, which will be called for in the first half of the next month.
After all, the current tax collection method depends entirely on the consciousness of businessmen, but can businessmen really have such a high level of consciousness
impossible!
Many merchants only register one item when selling three or five items, thus saving taxes. For example, a bakery in the city can sell as much as twenty or thirty yuan, or as little as more than ten yuan of bread every day, but they only sell two or three yuan of bread in their books every day. Coupled with the introduction and phased implementation of commercial tax, the tax that needs to be paid every day is only five cents, and sometimes it is only ten cents.
Calculated this way, it only costs three yuan a month!
But everything will be different after the tax reform. To put it simply, it is semi-mandatory taxation. Each trading company will be taxed compulsorily according to the nature of its business and the number of employees it employs. To give a simple example, let’s take that damn bakery as an example. First, define this bakery as “food processing and retail” and set a tax standard for this, such as three yuan.
For every employee hired by the bakery, the monthly tax paid will be three yuan more. If the bakery, together with the chef and waiters, employs a total of seven people, including the boss himself, it will be eight, and the monthly tax payable is Twenty-four dollars. The tax bureau will not care about how much bread you can sell or how much profit you make. In short, this is how taxes are levied. If you feel that the management is not good and it is difficult to make a profit, then you don’t need to hire employees, and the boss will also participate in the management. Two chefs and a boss only cost nine yuan a month. Doesn’t that drop all of a sudden
Each business location must strictly register the number of employees and the nature of the business, and no mistakes are allowed. This file will be kept by the tax bureau and is also prepared for the convenience of random inspections in the future. .
Of course, there will also be some problems here. For example, the boss only hires two chefs, and then the boss’s wife, children or even parents do the sales, and only pay nine yuan in taxes every month. No problem, you can do this, but the tax bureau will conduct spot checks and unannounced visits from time to time. Once illegal operations like this are found, tax repayments will be made at the rate of 30 yuan per person per month. The tax repayment span is one year.
With a penalty of one hundred and twenty times, it is very likely that some small, medium and micro enterprises will declare bankruptcy just because of the penalty.
But this is the law, and when the purpose of enforcing the law is to protect the law's own wallet, there is no favors to be said.
Some people in the Imperial Parliament also pointed out that this crude taxation method would cause huge problems. Some small businesses with poor management may directly go bankrupt because of this law. However, compared with the entire empire's purse, some small businesses with relatively poor management may directly go bankrupt. The failure and bankruptcy of small businesses are simply not in the eyes of these big shots.
Peter didn't say anything, just kept smiling, but his eyes showed a kind of contempt. Perhaps the New Party can only think of this crude method to increase the country's income, and this just proves that the New Party is extremely bad at governing the country. Even if the taxes in Tenel City do increase in the future, it has nothing to do with him. It is all the fault of the regional tax officials and those treacherous businessmen.
He clapped his legs and stood up, sighing, "Then continue working. I hope you can find the 'key points' you said from these accounts as soon as possible. I also wish you success. I still have things to deal with, so I’ll take my leave now. Goodbye!” He stepped forward and shook hands with the investigator, nodded, then turned around and left with his coat and hat. He doesn't worry about these accounts at all. Isn't it just to avoid problems if he spends so much money every year to hire the most professional people to do this
After leaving the door, the mayor obviously did not look as relaxed as he did in the house before. His face became a little gloomy, and the local tax officer followed him closely, "Keep an eye on him. If anything happens, I will You must inform me as soon as possible, if the matter is too serious..." He stopped and looked back at the local tax officer behind him. His cold eyes made the local tax officer tremble involuntarily.
The local tax official gritted his teeth and nodded. The mayor patted his arm and got into the car.
If this investigator really discovers possible loopholes in the accounts, then kill him.
The old party has done this kind of thing more than once. Every year, they conceal a large amount of tax money in the city and then send it to the top officials in the form of blood transfusions. Once there is a problem here, it means that many people will lose their official positions, so Peter has to Even if you are not careful, you have to be cruel.
After sitting in the car, he closed his eyes and asked after a while: "Have you found the guy named Jon?"
The driver replied while driving: "Not yet, but it should be soon. There are already people wandering around the police station. Now we only need the first person to stand up."
Peter closed his mouth with satisfaction. He knew very well that no one could withstand the temptation of offering a reward. No one had come forward to identify "Jon" yet. It was not because these people had brotherly feelings, but simply because they were afraid of being retaliated against. At the same time, this made Peter understand one thing, that is, there are people behind "Jon", and it has a certain deterrent effect on those who know.
It’s just that our Lord Mayor doesn’t seem to know that his plan is facing a huge threat, and this threat comes from a car washer.
"You mean, he's a mixed race?"
Du Lin looked at Dufo with some astonishment. The car washer was a mixed race, a mixture of Shanya and Guarte. His mother was a Guarte. The status of women in this society is not high, so the customs from Guarte in such a family are compressed to the extreme, and the car washer does not even know how his actions will be treated.
Du Fu curled his lips. In fact, no one had an accurate answer as to whether mixed blood should be judged by the gods and the previous kings, so the final choice came back to Du Lin.
(End of chapter)