I want to be emperor

Chapter 807
Southeastern Africa, Maputo.

In the tax office in the city, Ma Bowen listened to the reports of his subordinates, looked at the files in his hand, and finally frowned and said, "Have you not found them yet?"

"There are hundreds of people in Mengxiu's tax evasion gang. How could such a large-scale operation not be leaked at all."

The middle-aged man in his hand said: "My lord, they went very secretly. We didn't get the news in time. According to the follow-up after the incident, we only found an abandoned village more than 20 kilometers away from the city. There we Found traces of their assembly."

"But the clues behind are hard to find. After all, it's a wilderness area outside. Our brothers are not experts in wilderness survival. The same is true for the brothers in the police station next door. We searched in the wilderness for several days. No route was found either."

"After all, this matter involves a gold mine, it is normal for them to be cautious!"

Gan Bowen was very dissatisfied with such an answer. He couldn't find anyone, and he couldn't find a gold mine. Who could he turn to to collect taxes?
Gan Bowen and the others from the tax agency are not vegetarians either. They 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.

The main reason is that the Mengxiu gang moved very quickly and secretly, which made Gan Bowen suspicious!
At first, they thought they were sneaking away, but after investigation, they found out that Meng Xiu and the others had found a super fat sheep, and they were going to make a big deal out of it!
This made Gan Bowen look forward to it, if Meng Xiu and the others really made a fortune, then the fine would be paid!

Otherwise, Gan Bowen wouldn't be able to solve the fine problem!
With the taxes evaded by the Mengxiu gang and their high fines, even if they confiscated all the fixed assets of the Mengxiu gang in Maputo and Pemba Port, it would not be a small change!
As for the bank account, Gan Bowen had asked the African branch of the Finance Bank to conduct an investigation and assistance, but the result was not good. Whether it was their trading company or their personal account, the Mengxiu gang didn't have much money.

From this point of view, it is clear that precautions have been taken in advance. The money must be stored in a hidden account, or simply exchanged for a large sum of gold and silver.

There is no money in the bank account, their company assets are not much, and their personal assets overseas and locally are not much.

After all the calculations, it is not a big problem to make up for the evaded tax with the confiscated funds, but the fine has not yet been settled.

Naturally, it is impossible for the taxation system to recover the missed tax payable, but also to recover a large amount of fines.

The data on fines is the bulk.

According to the situation of Mengxiu's gang, according to their previous investigations, the amount of tax payable stolen was at least [-] Chu Yuan.

Anyway, no matter how they operate in the end, they can completely bankrupt Mengxiu's gang and sit in prison for many years by the way.

The Great Chu Empire has always punished tax evasion very harshly, and has continued to publicize the strictness of the tax law, letting people know that the consequences of tax evasion are extremely serious, and the family will be ransacked and exterminated!
The strict tax department coupled with extensive publicity, in order to greatly increase the illegal cost of tax evasion, let people think carefully about whether it is worth it before evading taxes, and whether the stolen taxes are worth it You gamble with the lives of your whole family.

In the end, those people, especially those businessmen, dare not evade taxes and reduce tax evasion.

As for the law, the important thing is not how to punish afterwards, but to form a deterrent so that you dare not break the law.

Everyone knows that killing people pays for their lives, so before people want to kill people, they will consider whether it is worth it.

Everyone knows that tax evasion will result in ransacking and extermination. Before tax evasion, you have to consider whether it is worth it.

After all, tax evasion and tax evasion, if you are caught, your family will be ruined, but there is no such thing as a big deal to pay taxes after being discovered.

In the Great Chu Empire, tax evasion was a felony, even more serious than intentional murder.

Ordinary intentional homicide cases are punished by death and confiscation of personal property, and they are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination within three generations!

But tax evasion... that's much more serious.

Especially for tax cases with a huge amount, extremely bad impact, and extremely serious consequences, the top penalty is ransacking the family and exterminating the family.

The literal meaning of extermination means that the immediate family members, regardless of gender, are all sentenced to death when they are over [-] years old.

Those under the age of [-] were sentenced to life imprisonment and exiled overseas without parole. At the same time, all family property was confiscated, and three generations of descendants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

The Great Chu Empire does not like one person doing things and one person doing things, what is important is that one person does things and the whole family owns it!

This is true even for ordinary criminal crimes, criminals within three generations cannot participate in the imperial examination...

In the Great Chu Empire, there are more people who want to be officials, and there are more people who make contributions to the society in a proper manner, but the official hat is limited, and you will not give the official hat to the son of a criminal!

As for your 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 more wronged?
Gan Bowen just wanted to use the case of Mengxiu's gang to knock the mountains and shake the tiger, and ruthlessly kill the arrogance of those tax evaders in overseas territories, and let them know that even if they do business in overseas colonies, they should pay one tax. The copper plate is still indispensable.

You must know that in many overseas territories, the tax situation is not optimistic. It is easy to collect taxes for ordinary businesses. It is estimated that no one will have the courage, or stupid enough to dare not pay taxes for business. Those who have the courage will die early. Empty鈥︹€?br>
But for some dark and gray businesses and those businesses that trade with indigenous people, it is difficult to collect taxes.

Because it is difficult for the tax agency to know how much they have collected, and even the turnover, it is difficult to calculate the tax amount.

The business of the Mengxiu gang just happens to take up both of these two things. The goods in their trading company, whether it is weapons and ammunition or other common materials, except for a small amount are sold in Maputo, most of them are actually with those indigenous people. They conduct transactions in the form of cash, or even precious metals or barter
In this way, it is difficult for you to know their specific transaction amount, let alone count their profits.

As soon as they made fake accounts, they paid a little tax to settle the matter, and the bulk of it was distributed privately by themselves.

This is still a legitimate trading business, and there is no way to count Mengxiu鈥檚 business such as black-and-white, looting, etc. They can only rely on their own initiative to declare...

In the tax laws of the Great Chu Empire, there is such a provision in the tax declaration for taxpayers, that is, taxpayers can pay taxes in the name of "other income". The tax rate is a bit higher, but other tax officials will not ask How did you get the money...

At the same time, the tax law clearly stipulates that unless it involves major treason cases or imperial edicts, the tax authorities will not disclose the declaration discipline of "other income", whether it is the anti-corruption bureau of the next-door inspectorate, or the anti-crime department of the patrol department, or Various other law enforcement units came to ask for information, but the tax department would not give it.

Even the tax department can proudly say that since the other income tax law came into effect, the tax department has not disclosed the taxpayer's other income declaration form to any institution or individual!

Not once!

After the tax declaration is made in the name of other income, the money has been taxed, so it is naturally legal... Well, at least in terms of tax law, the tax department will not catch these incomes in the name of not paying taxes you.

As for the Procuratorate, the Patrol Department and the Police Department investigate your specific crimes, that is their business, and has nothing to do with the tax department... and the tax department will not disclose your declaration.

Besides, when it comes to investigating and arresting people, the Procuratorate and the Patrol Department are far behind the Tax Department... To put it bluntly, if you can pay taxes honestly and settle the tax agency, as long as you are capable enough, It is completely possible to play hide-and-seek with those censors and patrolmen slowly.

But you don't file taxes... The investigation ability of the taxation agency is much better than that of any police agency. After all, the taxation agency is the one with the most funds and the most staff among the many civil service agencies in the Great Chu Empire.

To put it bluntly, there are money, people, and guns!
Moreover, if you have a good reputation, if you ask someone to ask you for information when you are investigating a case outside, if you are dishonest, cover up and refuse to give it, they will start a tax investigation on you within minutes... Once you are caught, you will You will be fined to go bankrupt, and you will be imprisoned for several years by the way.

Therefore, the ability of tax authorities to handle cases is very strong.

In case you really meet a criminal with a high IQ, it doesn't matter if you can't be caught by ordinary investigation methods. They will pull in a lot of armed tax police and force them to search for all kinds of evidence... As a gang leader Do you resist or not?

Revolt?

Well, that's more trouble-free. You don't need to check the taxes on the beards. Just come to an armed anti-tax family and exterminate the family and you're done.

If you don't resist, this old nest will be taken down, and a large number of people will be taken away for interrogation. If there is no evidence, those tax officials can hang themselves.

Well, on the Maputo side, a team of more than 150 armed tax policemen has been prepared and is waiting for the Mengxiu gang to fall into the trap.

Gan Bowen didn't intend to fight with Meng Xiu and the others... He was planning to arrest people and lock up the evidence after Meng Xiu and the others returned to Maputo.

The follow-up interrogation was also 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... It's been a month of waiting, and Meng Xiu and his group haven't come back, and the rumored gold is even gone.

Let people look for it, but they haven't found any clues!

This had to make Gan Bowen a little anxious. He even wondered if his investigations in the past few months had aroused Meng Xiu's vigilance.

So before he officially took action, he took the desperadoes under his command and ran away with a lot of money?

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's gang... He just counts on Meng Xiu and his gang to make a fortune, and then pay the fine!
The fines in this case were a bit high, and the maximum penalty would have been more than 30 yuan.

The apparent assets of the Mengxiu gang are only tens of thousands, which is only a fraction of the fine.

Although some of those hidden assets can be retrieved by then, it is estimated that there are not many!

Although these people make a lot of money, they also spend a lot. After all, they are all risking their lives. God knows when they were 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 Meng Xiu and his desperadoes really had a lot of money, they wouldn't be able to go and continue to risk their lives...

It's a pity that Meng Xiu and the others didn't come back for a long time, which made Gan Bowen a little anxious!

Now this team of armed tax police in Maputo city, but he has spent countless connections and made a guarantee in front of his old boss that he will definitely be able to get the fine...not all of them, but at least Also get half of it.

That's why the old boss tried his best to fight for him in front of other senior tax officials, and sent this team of armed tax police to Maputo, a place that doesn't shit.

You must know that in the entire African region, there are only five or six hundred armed tax policemen, and there are more than 300 in East Africa, and the tasks are also very heavy on weekdays.

Gan Bowen will leave half of the staff, which will also affect the taxation actions in other regions.

At the same time, these people can't stay in Ma Bowen for too long. Basically, one or two months is the limit. If it is longer, even with the protection of his old boss, he will not be able to hold on.

Once the armed tax police were transferred away, it would be really difficult to deal with the Mengxiu gang.

I can only ask the local garrison for help, but it is not a good thing to ask the army to take action, not to mention the trouble, and it will also owe the local garrison a favor.

It's not easy for you to refuse someone's garrison to make an autumn breeze.

This is still a trivial matter... In case something happens and you need to use troops, the military will say that we have helped you with taxes before, and now it's your turn to help me with taxes. You arrange it and adjust it three to five Hundreds of armed tax police came to help us fight a native, as cannon fodder or something!

At that time, it is not necessary to refuse, nor is it to accept.

Therefore, nowadays, taxation agencies generally rarely ask the military for help unless they have to, and use their own armed tax police for anything.

But there is no good way to do things so far, they can only continue to investigate and find their traces as much as possible.

But the investigation to find people had no results, but they waited for their own people to appear!
A group of more than a dozen people from Mengxiu's gang returned to Maputo, and they started spending money lavishly as soon as they came back. Some people even saw them paying the bill directly with gold bars, but these people hadn't been cool for a long time, and they were quickly armed in large numbers. The tax police got caught.

After some inquiries, Gan Bowen and the others finally knew the current whereabouts of Mengxiu's gang, and they went to Tshwane, four to five hundred kilometers away.

The most important thing is that they really found a super gold mine, according to the account of the captured Mengxiu gang.

They found more than 100 kilograms of gold in the gold mine 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 mine and preparing to increase mining efforts.

More than a dozen of them came back first to purchase various living materials and tools for mining, and to recruit another group of people.

It's just that I didn't expect to be arrested by the tax agency as soon as I entered Maputo.

After Gan Bowen heard the news about the super gold mine, his heart couldn't help beating...

He knew that he was going to be promoted and make a fortune!

(End of this chapter)