Southeast Africa, Maputo.
At the tax office in the city, Ma Bowen listened to the reports of his subordinates, looked through the files in his hands, and finally frowned and said, "Have you not found them yet?"
"There are hundreds of people involved in Meng Xiu's tax evasion gang. How could there be no trace of such a large-scale operation?"
The middle-aged man under the hand said: "Your Majesty, they walked very secretly. We were not able to get the news in time at that time. According to the follow-up afterwards, we only found an abandoned village more than 20 kilometers outside the city. We found traces of their gathering."
"But the clues later are difficult to find. After all, it is a wilderness area outside. Our brothers are not wild survival experts. The same is true for the brothers at the patrol station next door. We searched in the wilderness for several days. No route was found either.”
"After all, this matter involves a gold mine, so it's normal for them to be cautious!"
Gan Bowen was very dissatisfied with this answer. If he couldn't find people or gold mines, who would he ask to collect taxes?
Gan Bowen and others from the tax agency were not vegetarians. They had found out half a month ago that the reason why Meng Xiu and the others left the city was for a gold mine discovered by the Dutch.
Mainly because the Meng Xiu gang moved very quickly and secretly, which made Gan Bowen suspicious!
At first, I thought they were sneaking away, but after investigating, they discovered that Meng Xiu and the others had found a super fat sheep and were ready to take action!
This makes Gan Bowen look forward to it. If Meng Xiu and the others really get rich, then the fine will be paid!
Otherwise, it would be really difficult for Gan Bowen to solve the fine problem!
Considering the taxes that the Mengxiu gang evaded, coupled with the extremely high fines, even if all the fixed assets of the Mengxiu gang in Maputo and Pemba Port were confiscated, it would not be enough!
As for the bank account, Gan Bowen had already asked the African branch of the Finance Bank to investigate and assist, but the result was not good. The Meng Xiu gang did not have much money in either their trading company or their personal accounts.
At this glance, it was clear that precautions had been taken in advance. The money must have been stored in a secret account, or simply exchanged for a large amount of gold and silver.
There is no money in the bank account, their company's assets are not much, and their personal assets abroad and locally are not much.
After all, it is not a big problem to make up for the evaded taxes with the confiscated finances, but the fines have not yet been paid.
When dealing with the tax system, it is naturally not possible to recover only the missed tax payable, but also to recover a large amount of fines.
The data on fines is the big one.
According to the situation of Meng Xiu's gang and their previous investigation, the amount of tax payable stolen was at least 100,000 Chu Yuan. This amount is huge and the circumstances are extremely serious. The fines start at least five times.
Anyway, no matter how they operate in the end, they can make Meng Xiu's gang completely bankrupt and put them in jail for many years.
The Da Chu Empire has always been very harsh in punishing tax evasion, and has been continuously publicizing the harshness of tax laws to let people know that the consequences of tax evasion are extremely serious, and their families will be confiscated and their families will be exterminated!
The strict tax department, coupled with extensive publicity, has greatly increased the illegal costs of tax evasion and tax evasion, allowing people to carefully consider whether it is worth it and whether the stolen taxes are worth it before evading tax. You gamble with the lives of your whole family.
Ultimately, those people, especially businessmen, will not dare to evade taxes and reduce tax evasion.
As for the law, the important thing is not how to punish after the fact, but to form a deterrent so that you don't dare to break the law.
Everyone knows that killing requires a life, so before people want to kill, they will consider whether it is worth it.
Everyone knows that those who evade taxes will have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated. Before evading taxes, you must consider whether it is worth it.
After all, tax evasion and tax evasion can lead to family ruin if caught, but there is no such thing as having to pay back taxes after being discovered.
In the Da Chu Empire, tax evasion was a serious crime, even more serious than intentional homicide.
For ordinary cases of intentional homicide, the person would be sentenced to death and his personal property confiscated, and he would not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination for three generations!
But tax evasion...that's much more serious.
Especially for tax cases with huge amounts, extremely bad effects, and extremely serious consequences, the maximum penalty can be the confiscation of the family and the extermination of the entire family.
In the literal sense of genocide, all immediate family members, regardless of gender, over the age of fourteen will be put to death.
Those who are under 14 years old will be sentenced to life imprisonment and exiled overseas without the possibility of parole. At the same time, all family property will be confiscated, and three generations of descendants will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination.
The Great Chu Empire does not like the idea of one person doing things and taking responsibility for the whole family!
Even for ordinary criminal offenses, criminal offenders cannot participate in the imperial examination within three generations...
There are many people in the Chu Empire who want to be officials, and there are also many people who behave and contribute to society. However, the number of official hats is limited, and you will not give the official hat to the son of a criminal!
As for you saying that the son of a criminal is innocent... maybe he is innocent, but if the son of a criminal is allowed to be an official, wouldn't the son of a good man be even more unjust?
Gan Bowen just wanted to use Meng Xiu's gang to come up with a plan to shake off the arrogance of tax evaders in overseas territories and let them know that even if they are doing business in overseas colonies, they should pay taxes. One copper plate is still indispensable.
You must know that in many overseas territories today, the tax situation is not optimistic. It is easy to collect taxes for ordinary regular businesses. It is estimated that no one will have the courage, or be stupid enough to dare not pay taxes for regular businesses. Those who have such courage will die early. Empty……
But for some dark and gray businesses and those that deal with indigenous people, it will be difficult to collect taxes.
Because it is difficult for tax agencies to know how much money they collect, and they don’t even know their turnover, it makes it difficult to calculate the tax amount.
The business of the Mengxiu gang happens to take up all of these two things. The goods in their trading company, whether they are weapons, ammunition or other general supplies, except for a small amount that is sold in Maputo, in fact, most of them are sold with the indigenous people. They conduct transactions in cash, even precious metals or barter.
In this way, it is difficult for you to know their specific transaction amounts, let alone calculate their profits.
They made fake accounts and paid some random taxes to cope with the problem, and the bulk of it was allocated privately to themselves.
This is still a normal trade business, but there is no way to count some of Meng Xiu's and others' gangsterism, robbery and other businesses. They can only rely on themselves to actively declare...
In the tax laws of the Dachu Empire, there is such a provision in the tax declaration of taxpayers, that is, taxpayers can pay taxes in the name of 'other income'. The tax rate is a bit higher, but the tax officials will not ask How did you get this money...
At the same time, the tax law clearly stipulates that unless it involves conspiracy or imperial edict, the tax authorities will not disclose the reporting discipline of 'other income', whether it is the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supervisory Office next door, or the Anti-Crime Department of the Patrol Department, or... Various other law enforcement agencies came to ask for information, but the tax department would not give it to them.
Even the Department of Taxation can proudly say that since the implementation of the law on taxation of other income, the Department of Taxation has not disclosed taxpayers’ other income returns to any organization or individual!
Not even once!
After filing a tax declaration in the name of other income, the money has been taxed, so it is naturally legal...well, at least according to tax laws, the tax department will not arrest these incomes in the name of no tax paid. you.
As for the Inspectorate and the Patrol Department, it is their business to investigate your specific illegal crimes and has nothing to do with the Tax Department... and the Tax Department will not disclose your declaration status.
Besides, when it comes to investigating and arresting people, the Supervisory Office and the Patrol Department are far behind the Tax Department... To put it bluntly, if you can pay taxes honestly and smooth over the tax agencies, as long as you are capable and skillful enough, You can definitely play hide-and-seek with the censors and patrol officers slowly.
But you don't file taxes... The tax agency's investigation capabilities are much better than any patrol agency. After all, the tax agency is the one with the most funds and the most employees among the many civil service agencies in the Da Chu Empire.
To put it bluntly, there are money, people, and guns!
Moreover, you have a good reputation. If you ask someone for information during an investigation outside, if you are dishonest, secretive and unwilling to give it, they will launch a tax investigation on you in a matter of minutes... Once you are caught, it will happen in a matter of minutes. I'll punish you until you go bankrupt and spend a few years in jail.
Therefore, the tax agency’s handling capabilities are very strong.
If you really meet a highly intelligent criminal, it doesn't matter if ordinary investigation methods can't catch you. Instead, they will bring in a lot of armed tax police and force their way in to search for all kinds of evidence... As a gang boss, Do you resist or not?
Resist?
Okay, that's easier. You don't even need to check the taxes. You can just come in armed to resist the taxes, confiscate the homes and exterminate the clans, and that's it.
If you don't resist, this old house will be taken away, and a large number of people will be arrested and interrogated. If no evidence can be obtained, the tax officials can hang themselves.
Well, in Maputo, a team of more than 150 armed tax policemen has been prepared, waiting for the Mengxiu gang to surrender.
Gan Bowen did not plan to have a show of courtesy with Meng Xiu and the others... but planned to wait for Meng Xiu and the others to return to Maputo, and then arrest people and lock down the evidence quickly.
The subsequent interrogation also asked about the gold mine. Gan Bowen was still counting on Meng Xiu and the others to get back a large sum of gold to pay taxes and fines.
It's just... I've been waiting for a month, but Meng Xiu and his group haven't come back yet, and there's no trace of the rumored gold.
Let people look for it, but no clues were found!
This had to make Gan Bowen a little anxious. He even wondered if it was his investigative actions in the previous few months that aroused Meng Xiu's vigilance.
So before he officially took action, he directly led his desperadoes and carried a large amount of money on his escape?
It’s okay for this person to leave, but it’s not okay to take all the money away!
Besides, Gan Bowen is also very interested in the gold mine planned by Meng Xiu and his gang... He hopes that Meng Xiu and his gang will make a fortune and then pay the fine!
The fine for this case was a bit high, with the maximum penalty being upwards of 300,000 yuan.
The apparent assets of Meng Xiu's gang are only tens of thousands, which is only a fraction of the fine.
Although some of those secret assets can be recovered by then, they probably won’t be much!
Although these people earn more, they also spend more. After all, they are all desperate. God knows when they will be shot to death by the natives, so many of them make money today and spend it today...
These people probably don't have many private assets on hand.
Having said that, if desperadoes like Meng Xiu and others really had a lot of money, they wouldn't have the trouble to continue risking their lives...
It's a pity that Meng Xiu and the others haven't come back for a long time, which makes Gan Bowen a little anxious!
The current team of armed tax policemen in Maputo City, but he has spent countless connections and guaranteed it in front of his old boss, they will definitely be able to get the fines... Not to say they can get them all, but at least Also get most of it.
In this way, the old boss fought for him as much as possible in front of other senior tax officials and sent this team of armed tax police to Maputo, a place where no one has shit.
You must know that there are only five to six hundred armed tax police in the entire African region. There are more than 300 in East Africa, and their tasks are also very heavy on weekdays.
If Gan Bowen wants to remove half of these people, it will also affect tax actions in other regions.
At the same time, these people cannot stay in Ma Bowen for too long. One or two months is basically the limit. If it takes longer, even if there is protection from his old boss, he will not be able to hold on.
Once the armed tax police are transferred, it will be really difficult to deal with Meng Xiu's gang.
The only option is to ask the local garrison for help, but asking the army to take action is not a good thing. Not only is it troublesome, but it will also owe the local garrison a favor.
When someone comes to garrison you, you won't be able to refuse.
This is still a small matter... In case something happens and the troops are needed, the military comes and says, "We have helped you with taxes before. Now it's your turn to help me with taxes. You can arrange it, and I will transfer three or five to you." Hundreds of armed tax policemen came to help us beat up the natives and serve as cannon fodder or something like that!
When the time comes, it’s not okay to refuse, and it’s not okay to accept.
Therefore, today's tax agencies rarely ask the military for help unless they have to. If anything happens, they will use their own armed tax police.
But as of now, there is no good solution. We can only continue to investigate and find out their traces as much as possible.
However, the investigation and search for people yielded no results, but they waited until one of their own appeared!
A group of more than a dozen people from Mengxiu's gang returned to Maputo. As soon as they came back, they started spending money lavishly. Some people even saw them paying bills directly with gold bars. However, these people did not stay cool for long, and were soon armed in large numbers. The tax police caught him.
After some questioning, Gan Bowen and the others finally found out the current whereabouts of Meng Xiu's gang, which was actually four to five hundred kilometers away in Tshwane.
The most important thing is that they really found a super gold mine, according to the accounts of the arrested Meng Xiu gang.
They have found more than 100 kilograms of gold in the gold mines alone, and the gold reserves are extremely rich and easy to mine.
Their company is now arresting a large number of indigenous people around the gold mines in preparation for increasing mining efforts.
More than a dozen of them came back first to purchase various living supplies and mining tools, and to recruit another group of people.
I just didn’t expect that I would be arrested by the tax agency as soon as I entered Maputo.
After Gan Bowen learned about the super gold mine, his heart couldn't help but beat...
He knew that he was going to get promoted and make a fortune!
