Just when Sinong Temple officially collected the tax exemption, the Legislative Council, which had always been unknown, suddenly promulgated the penalty principles for tax evasion.
In fact, Sinong Temple, the Taxation Department, and the Ordinance Department of the Second Government have all mentioned before that new regulations will be promulgated, but they only said that they will mainly focus on fines. There is no specific definition of the regulations.
Elaborate.
But logically speaking, these regulations should have been promulgated long ago, but this new regulation was only promulgated after tax collection had already begun.
Moreover, it was promulgated by the Legislative Council. So far, all judicial upstarts have appeared in this fundraising campaign.
This regulation is very complicated and different from previous regulations.
First, the Legislative Council stated that this is just an attempt by the Legislative Council. All regulations are temporarily only applicable to Kaifeng Prefecture and are only used for tax exemption.
The second is to stipulate that the taxation department’s prosecution period cannot exceed five years, starting from this year. In other words, the taxation department can prosecute all tax evasion behavior within five years, but if it exceeds five years
, then the tax department cannot prosecute, and can only say congratulations, you have successfully evaded tax.
The third is the regulations on punishment. The fine is limited to 50% to three times of the tax amount, but the minimum cannot be less than 500 yuan, which is determined according to the seriousness of the case. This intentional falsification of the return form and refusal to declare,
But they are all serious cases.
But this is also the first time that the idea of a German principal and a legal assistant is introduced. If an elderly person in your family suddenly falls ill or a baby is born suddenly, and this sudden additional burden is placed on the family, you can take the initiative to explain it to the Taxation Department. The Taxation Department, the Royal Court, and the Procuratorate will also
All should be considered as appropriate.
However, there is no detailed explanation on how to consider it as appropriate. After all, it is just for reference.
Fourth, all taxes owed are subject to interest, calculated at an annual rate of 10%.
The fifth and most important issue is the issue of punishment. If you make a false declaration, refuse to declare, or evade more than 50% of the tax, you will be punished and serve for one year, but you can use the money as a ransom. You can steal as much as you want.
However, if you resist the tax police and refuse to pay the fine after the royal court has made a judgment, you will be sentenced to three to five years in prison without the possibility of ransom. The same applies to first-time offenders.
After the promulgation of this law, the whole situation became strange again.
Even Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang were confused. They had always assisted the Legislative Council, but they had no knowledge of the matter and immediately went to Fu Bi to ask.
"This was ordered by the officials."
Fu Bi told them very frankly, "However, I have carefully reviewed these regulations. Compared with the previous regulations, they are more tolerant, so I agreed to the officials."
In fact, Zhao Xu could ask Sinong Temple to promulgate this matter, or even promulgate it by decree himself, without going through the Legislative Council. However, Zhao Xu still asked the Legislative Council to promulgate it. It can be seen that Zhao Xu valued the Legislative Council very much and gave them a performance.
Chance.
But Fu Bi is not the kind of minister to just let things go. He has reviewed these regulations and found that they are indeed beneficial to the Legislative Council.
Because the previous regulations were very harsh. Once caught, it goes without saying that you have to pay back taxes. It is also common for you to be fined and bankrupt. At the same time, you will also face forty or eighty sticks, and three years in prison.
Even the death penalty. And the death penalty is easily triggered.
Relatively speaking, this punishment is really, really lenient.
Sima Guang frowned and said: "At this moment, suddenly reducing the penalties for tax evasion will not only embolden the arrogance of those tax evaders."
At such a critical juncture, suddenly reducing the punishment would be giving in.
But Wen Yanbo shook his head and said: "I think these regulations are actually setting up the battlefield. Now so many people in the DPRK and China have not reported truthfully. If they are not revised, it will make it difficult for the officials to get off the ground. According to these regulations
, the Taxation Department can just let go and do what it does without having to worry about it anymore.”
Fu Bi nodded and said: "Kuanfu thought the same as me. This is either retreating, warning, or setting up the entire battlefield."
It seems that the punishment has been reduced, but if you don't reduce it, this war will not be fought, because the previous punishment was too strict and the enforceability was too low, not to mention the powerful people, even the common people, if there are too many people, it will be difficult to apply it.
Have they all been killed?
This is impossible.
In the past, there were very few laws to punish people for tax evasion. Everyone just turned a blind eye.
At this moment, Mr. Lu came and brought a newspaper.
He shook his head in disbelief and said: "It seems that this tax department is definitely not a kind person."
Sima Guang hurriedly asked: "How do you say this?"
Lu Gongzhu handed the newspaper to them, "These are the tax payment rules just announced by the Department of Taxation. One of the rules is very harsh. I have never seen such a rule.
Anyone who has lived in Kaifeng Prefecture for one year must pay the exemption tax, which even states that income from theft, robbery, and illegal salt sales must be reported truthfully."
Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo looked at Mr. Lu in shock.
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"Zihua, what do you think?" Wang Anshi asked Han Jiang.
Han Jiang said: "Although the penalty is reduced, in my opinion, this is more like a final warning."
Wang Anshi asked back: "Do you think they will stop here?"
Han Jiang pondered for a while, shook his head and said: "No. If they are frightened like this, then the summer tax and autumn tax will be taken over by the tax department in the future, and they may have to give in step by step. The more this happens, the more they will become
I will bite you and won’t let go.”
Wang Anshi smiled and said: "This is more like a declaration before the war."
In fact, this conflict has far exceeded his expectations, but it doesn't matter, he has already thought of a way out, and at this time he is more of a bystander.
Just as Wang Anshi expected, the dignitaries in the court all saw the meaning of this. No fool thought that this was the other party's retreat, but they also believed that they had no way out.
Never bow to the tax department.
If you bow your head easily like this, then the other party will definitely take advantage of it, and this summer tax and autumn tax will also come one after another.
Based on this consensus, the dignitaries are also very united.
This war is inevitable.
On the other hand, the tax payment side was very smooth, there were no troubles, and everyone paid taxes on time and according to the return form.
Soon, the tax exemptions in Bianjing City, Kaifeng, and Xiangfu were all collected.
The final account reached an astonishing 70,000 yuan.
Not much.
But surprisingly few.
Logically speaking, the wealth of these three places should account for 60 to 70% of the entire Kaifeng Mansion. In other words, if you spend all your money, you will end up with just over 100,000 yuan.
This leaves a big gap in the police department's finances.
Han Jiang was not angry this time, and did not go to Zhang Fei to say, the battlefield has been cleaned up, what else is there to say.
Please start your performance.
The tax department has already been sharpening its knives and is ready to take action.
But based on Zhang Fei's suggestion, they still held on to their impulse. After everyone paid their taxes, everything returned to calm.
But everyone knows that the Department of Taxation must be conducting an investigation, but in fact the Department of Taxation has already obtained the evidence and is waiting for an order from above.
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Baima Township.
In the dark night, accompanied by the rapid sound of horse hooves, the people who were awakened did not dare to go out. They quietly opened the window and took a look. They saw more than twenty torches in the distance and glanced at the only village in the village that still had a little light on it.
.
That was the most powerful landlord in the area, Qinjiazhuang.
The people nearby couldn't resist the temptation of gossip, so they plucked up the courage, put on their coats, went out, gathered together, and walked over there cautiously.
"Who are they?"
"It seems...the Royal Police?"
"Could it be...could it be that he's here to inspect taxes?"
"I told you, the Qin family only pays a small amount of tax, so they will definitely be investigated."
"Hey, you! Look, what are they doing?"
.....
But I saw four or five Royal Policemen suddenly rushing towards the gate holding a huge wooden stake.
There was a loud bang.
The village gate was immediately blasted open.
The people were dumbfounded.
This...is this still the Royal Police they know?
I remember how amiable the Royal Police were when they went to submit their declaration forms in those days. Even if they encountered a drunkard making trouble, they would first comfort them and then warn them. They would only violently subdue the other party if they took it too far.
This scene directly shattered their image of the Royal Police.
In comparison, the previous government servants were simply not too gentle!
There is no way.
It's not easy for everyone to make ends meet. How can we, the Royal Police, live if you pay such a small amount of tax?
The loud noise also alarmed people in the village.
"What happened? You are... Sirs, what do you want to do?"
However, they saw a ferocious nurse rushing forward with more than a dozen servants, but the scene in front of them scared the servants and threw them to the ground, pretending to say "who am I and where am I?"
Being loyal to the Lord and staying alive is the key.
I saw only seven or eight tax policemen with bows and arrows, and more than ten tax policemen holding bright swords. What was even more outrageous was that there were four or five people holding shields.
This is really armed to the teeth.
Seeing another person coming out of the team, he said in a gentle tone: "I'm really sorry, we are tax police from the Taxation Department. According to my investigation, Qin Biao is suspected of tax evasion, so we are here to ask him to go to the Taxation Department with us.
Under investigation."
please?
Is this a "please"?
"I want to see who has the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard. Who dares to come to my Qin family to run wild!"
Hearing an angry shout, a big man with a face as sinister as the surface of the moon rushed out with a big knife. But when he saw the scene, he turned around and ran away without saying a word.
Whoosh!
A cold arrow hit the beam directly next to it.
The sound of winter is very crisp.
There was a buzzing sound at the end, which was particularly harsh in this silent scene.
He...they really dare to shoot!
Those servants were glad that they had not done anything just now.
The big man stopped immediately, big beads of sweat dripping down his face.
The leader shouted again: "We are the tax police from the Taxation Department...!"
Before he finished speaking, the big man threw away the knife, turned around and lay down directly, "Hero, spare your life, hero, spare your life."
The leader came forward and said: "Qin Biao, you are suspected of tax evasion. Please follow me to the Taxation Department for investigation."
Qin Biao cried: "I will hand it over, I will hand it over now."
The man looked down at Qin Biao and said, "Please get up immediately and come with us."
Two more tax policemen came up immediately.
How could Qin Biao still be as arrogant as before? He was as obedient as a rabbit. He shivered and got up, but he was still making the final struggle, "Can you not go? I... I can't pay my taxes."
"Don't worry, we are just undergoing investigation."
After that, the man ignored him and said loudly: "This place will be sealed off temporarily. You can continue to stay here, but all the property in the village cannot be touched. Do you understand?"
The servants nodded like chickens pecking at rice.