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"A separate fiscal revenue account?" Wang Qiyi understood as soon as he heard it. Yes, there is no fiscal subject. He, Ai Zhixin, is just a small official who uploads and distributes orders. The so-called "Finance and Taxation Bureau" is just an enforcement unit dispatched by Wudaokou. There is very little room for maneuvering.
"Yes, and the last Government Affairs Council's notification said that we must establish and improve financial systems at all levels. In our current Hainan model, local governments are not considered financial entities at all, and can only be regarded as agencies dispatched by the central government. When I went to Guangdong, the local tax revenue was so It’s so big and so far away from Lingao, so it’s impossible to receive all of it from Lingao and then return it to the Guangdong government according to the application.”
In fact, there are already many problems in this regard between Guangzhou and the central government in Lingao. Due to the shortage of cadres, the Senate has to adopt an extreme model of "better troops and simpler administration". Many departments in Guangdong Region and Guangzhou Municipal Government share the same team, and the disadvantages are self-evident. There are many "unjustified" places, and there are actually no clear regulations on how to divide and use the taxes collected. The Ministry of Finance and Finance has been fooling around until now by relying on the method of "fiscal rebate".
"Don't worry about this yet..." Wang Qiyi suddenly realized that if he continued to talk like this, it would involve more than just financial matters. Financial power, administrative power, and organizational power are the core powers of a government. Controlling these three basic powers can control a first-level government. At present, neither the Elders Assembly nor the Government Affairs Council has a clear statement on the positioning of the authorities of various levels of government. If you get involved rashly and get on the wrong team, even under the banner of "purely technical discussions", there will be no good results.
He thought for a while and said: "Ai Bureau, I think it is okay to establish fiscal revenue accounts at all levels, but don't say so much. Just say that it is convenient to prepare budgets for future accounting of fiscal costs. You go and report to Mr. Cheng You can make it clear when you are here, and he will definitely understand, and ask him to help cover it up, and limit the scope of this matter to our finance department."
"You are too cautious..." Ai Zhixin shook his head and said, "Strengthening the financial system is one of the national policies determined at the government affairs meeting. The full text was clearly distributed to all elders and senior naturalized cadres. There is nothing to avoid. "
"It's best this way." Wang Qiyi shook his head and took out a document from his briefcase.
Wang Qiyi and his wife's revised plan was not questioned, and Ai Zhixin basically agreed with their approach. On the one hand, it is because after all, the two of them have been on the front line of tax collection and administration for a long time and have rich experience. On the other hand, as the head of the Finance and Taxation Bureau, Ai Zhixin has so many things to consider when the department has just opened, including personnel, food and accommodation: veteran security, work The space, office expenses, and internal systems still need to be coordinated with other departments and Liu Dafu. He has been so tired that he has not touched Ai Yixin for almost half a month. Anyway, the general direction has been decided by themselves, and Wang Qiyi and Zhang Xiaoqi have no objections, so the specific work can be left to them.
"Leaders must know how to delegate power."
The next day, after the appointment and specific responsibilities of Deputy Director Wang were announced at the cadre meeting, Wang Qiyi officially took office. He didn't waste any time. The first thing he did when he took over the job was to read the overall personnel files.
In addition to the students brought by Ai Zhixin and Wang Qiyi from the Fangcao Caijinkou training class in Hainan, the Finance and Taxation Bureau also has a large number of personnel: those who are most trusted and valued by the elders are naturally cadres from naturalized civilian backgrounds. They are mainly cadres from the northward detachment; the other part is from a similar background to the "White Area Party", that is, the original personnel of the Guangzhou Station - mainly naturalized personnel from the "Wansheng Rental Store" who charge "reasonable burdens"; these The two groups, and the students brought from Hainan, are the most trusted by the elders and the ones with the highest professional quality.
Then there is the retention of staff. The quantity is large and the ingredients are complex. After several months of elimination and purge, there are still quite a few people left. Although Ai Zhixin does not trust them, considering that they are familiar with the local situation and there is a serious lack of business cadres at the moment, they can only continue to be appointed.
Finally, there are the "civil servants" who both Ai Zhixin and Wang Qiyi find useless. This group of people were recruited from the first Guangzhou Civil Service Examination. Although he has gone through the first stage of "basic training for civil servants", he has no business knowledge and no experience to draw on. It is a complete "blank slate".
Wang Qiyi decided to give these people a "one-stop solution" and organize a business examination first.
The test papers were written and printed by Wang Qiyi before he came to Guangzhou. In order to find an examination room that could accommodate hundreds of people, I also specifically applied to Liu Xiang to borrow the Guangzhou Cadre Training School that was under construction.
The exam does not distribute test materials, nor does it explain the scope of the exam. It just asks everyone to take the exam on time. Although everyone has "different opinions" on the chief's sudden whim, it is obviously not possible not to go - the so-called stretching one's head and shrinking one's head is also the same, and let's go and take the exam before talking about it.
The test results were not announced, and no one lost their job or was punished, but it still caused quite a stir among the staff of the Finance and Taxation Bureau. No one knows what kind of medicine the chief is selling in his gourd.
The reaction among the naturalized people was smaller. It turned out that under the rule of the Senate, everything had to be tested, and they were no stranger to it. But it is different for the old officials retained in Guangzhou. They are all old people when it comes to collecting taxes; although the rules and regulations of the new "chiefs" are all written in Newspeak, they can still understand them if they think about it. A few days ago, Chief Ai told them that they should Put down your baggage and work hard. I thought that since I could still wear this skin and carry this bowl of rice, I was very lucky, so I naturally had to work hard and "serve the Senate and the people." But now the new Director Wang is required to take the "school exam" when he comes up. He neither intends to get any fame nor is he a Qiu Ba. Why should he take the exam if he is a person who serves a bowl of rice and does any job? As for the newly minted civil servants, they were "a complete failure". Many of them either turned in blank papers or had no idea what was said. Therefore, it was this group of people who felt the most uneasy. I am afraid that I will be "retired" if I fail the exam.
In fact, Wang Qiyi's purpose is not to "take a test" but to find out. The paper does not contain a lot of modern tax law knowledge, but uses many simple cases to assess the candidates' familiarity with taxation business. The so-called constant change is different from those "black technologies" in industry, science and technology, taxation, no matter how you wear clothes for thousands of years, the core is that one thing.
Through the examination, it can be seen that the overall level of some of the retained old officials is actually higher than that of the naturalized people. Their thinking is clear and there are few corrections. There are a few questions where the old officials can actually give the answers directly, if not for the rows. They were separated all the time, and Wang Qiyi suspected that they were cheating. On the other hand, the naturalized people's accuracy rate is lower than that of the old officials, but basically everyone can analyze and solve problems according to the steps taught in the basic course. Each case has step-by-step explanations, calculations, results, and conclusions, even if In the end, the calculation was wrong, but this step-by-step method of doing things is also very important.
Most of the newly assigned civil servants handed in blank papers, which he expected, but a few left a deep impression on him. Because some of the test questions related to macro-finance, taxation and monopoly, they were able to give some explanations, obviously they had read books on this subject.
Land taxation, salt affairs, water transportation, and river engineering all belong to "practical work." Although the "policy" involved in this part of the imperial examination is not paid attention to, those who are interested in an official career still need to study it. It's just that very few of these civil servants have a scholarly background. Most of them are low-level scholars who are still struggling at the level of a child and children of small industrial and commercial families. They can't even write eight-legged essays, and their financial ability is generally low. They look down on these books. Naturally, I don’t know much about this aspect.
Once you have some confidence in your hand, you will know something in your mind. Wang Qiyi decided to change the mentality of these people, especially the old officials who came to serve. As for how to change, Wang Qiyi had an idea long before he came, and that was to study.
Learning is not only learning the knowledge of taxation, but also learning the process of tax collection; if they understand the process, these people will also understand the rules-the rules of the Senate. Once you understand the rules and gain knowledge, you will truly understand the taxation of the Senate. Wang Qiyi believes that a person who understands why and how every cent of tax is collected will consciously abandon all old habits and become a qualified tax worker in the Song Dynasty. Yes, we don’t expect him to be loyal to us from the bottom of his heart, but as long as he can become a qualified tax cadre, it is enough.
Subsequently, the Guangzhou Municipal Finance and Taxation Bureau issued Document No. 1635 based on Wang Qiyi’s suggestion. This document, which Wang Qiyi thought was an ordinary document, became one of the basic systems of the fiscal and taxation system in the days to come. No matter how the slogan and purpose of the system changed over the years, "learning" always ranked first. What Wang Qiyi didn't expect was that he would be respected by some later generations of scholars as the first person to "create a learning government."
The basic learning materials are the "Interim Standards for Tax Collection and Administration of the National Fiscal and Taxation System" and the "Tax Work Manual" compiled by Wang Qiyi and Zhang Xiaoqi in the future, based on the implementation details of the Collection and Administration Law of the old time and space, and combined with the reality of this time and space. This specification is classified according to matters, and simply and clearly lists the policy basis for daily tax work one by one, clarifies methods and paths, prompts precautions, provides law enforcement references, and standardizes tax collection and administration behaviors, positions, responsibilities, processes and standards, which is very suitable for the current situation. The level of cultural knowledge of naturalized people. Wang Qiyi plans to hold a training class between 18:30 and 21:00 every day after get off work for two and a half hours. According to the standard of 40 people per class, all business staff of the Guangzhou Municipal Finance and Taxation Bureau will be trained in rotation. Those who will not be trained on that day Always conduct self-study.
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