Back in Shenzheng, Han Bo was busy again. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As soon as I returned to my rented new home at noon, I had a casual meal, and then locked myself in my room to study the materials given by Director Ding Xingli. While looking at the relevant laws and regulations, I checked the Internet and found some places that were not very clear, so I called the "working group" stationed in the Shenzheng branch of the People's Bank of China, and worked until late at night.

Wake up earlier the next day!

The son was on winter vacation, his wife was like an arrow, and the New Year's goods were all ready, so he drove her to the airport at 3 o'clock in the morning and took the earliest plane to the East China Sea. It is estimated that I will not be able to stay in the East China Sea for a few days, and this year I will spend the Spring Festival in Beijing, and the whole family will go, so I naturally have to go back early to make some preparations.

Instead of returning to the city bureau, he went straight to the Shenzheng branch of the People's Bank of China to participate in a video and telephone conference hosted by Director Ding, which should be a "seminar" on policy.

Although there are all kinds of chaos in the art market, although some investment predators have made big moves to make waves in the market, the market is not big compared to other industries after all, and it has just emerged in recent years, and it cannot withstand the toss, and it must be regulated and protected at the same time, and cannot be beaten to death with a stick.

Towards the end of the remote meeting, a leader suddenly appeared in the video and made an important speech based on this, emphasizing that no matter what the results of the study and what measures are to be taken next, it is not a special rectification action at the national level.

It may sound a bit like "covering your ears and stealing the bell", but the superiors do have the difficulties of the superiors, and all aspects of the impact must be taken into account when making such a big decision.

It is worth mentioning that Han Bo did not speak from beginning to end, but just listened with his ears.

Anti-money laundering is the business of the People's Bank of China, how to supervise those trust companies and art funds that make waves in the art market is the purview of the CBRC, how to regulate the entire art market should be under the control of the cultural department, the public security is only a supporting role, can only provide assistance in accordance with the law.

Still, several pages of notes were made in the notebook.

Unexpectedly, I packed up the pen and paper, walked out of the branch with the computer bag on my back, opened the car door and got into the cab, and Director Ding, who had just met on the big screen in the conference room on the third floor, called.

"Han Bo, how do you feel about the meeting just now?"

"It's timely, it's necessary, it's been successful. Han Bo put his computer bag aside and habitually put on a Bluetooth headset.

Ding Xingli was made laughed by this answer, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "When will you kid learn to play officialdom, don't come to these vain heads, give me some dry goods." ”

"I'm telling the truth. Han Bo really had some opinions about his old friend on the other end of the phone, and said matter-of-factly: "The entire art market is full of chaos, and it can be said that it grows with all kinds of chaos, and it is not standardized, so it is very timely and necessary." ”

I want to play official, right, you kid is far behind!

Ding Xingli forced a smile and asked, "It's very successful?"

"The meeting was indeed a success, and the opinions of several leaders and experts were very pertinent and constructive. For example, the appraisal industry should be standardized, 360 lines, there was no such industry before, but it also gradually became an industry more than ten years ago, a group of people can not only rely on appraisal to support their families, and even become famous and become experts in art appraisal.

But since the establishment of the auction company, they have started to serve the market. Television media has entered the field of collecting, and the mysterious feeling, cultural taste, interest attributes and other characteristics of collectibles have begun to transform into people's dreams of getting rich overnight. Collecting has become the new favorite of venture capital and art games. Appraisal has also become a mythical industry, and the fingers of connoisseurs have turned into wands of gold.

Some museum connoisseurs have become helpers for money launderers, or have become buyers of antiquities themselves in the guise of connoisseurs, and some have even invested in venture capital. It's good to set up an association and standardize it. ”

The expert's proposal is very good, but the key operability is not strong, after all, there is no authoritative standard for identification, and more importantly, far water cannot quench the thirst.

This kid is actually energetic.

Ding Xingli didn't believe that he couldn't think of this, because he was an expert in forensics, but he was engaged in physical evidence identification. also knew very well that he would be sent as a think tank, and he would definitely not be very happy, so he would simply let him finish his complaints.

By the way, the leader surnamed Wang also has a point, the propaganda department can not stay out of the matter, several TV stations have launched cultural relics identification programs, which has become an entertainment program, losing the original meaning of identification. Paying too much attention to the economic value of cultural relics, promoting the wrong concept of investment and collecting, creating a sense of mystery for the audience, confusing the audience, and even expelling obstacles to the laundering of artworks. ”

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Han Bo was a little whiny at first, but as he spoke, it turned into a summary of the meeting, proving that he had listened carefully, and he didn't doze off or desert in the venue just now.

At the time of the meal, Ding Xingli didn't want to go around in circles with him anymore, and asked bluntly: "Han Bo, get back to the point, the meeting that just ended was indeed successful, and the leaders said that all relevant departments paid attention to it, and the key is far from quenching the thirst, and the requirements of the superiors for us are immediate!"

It's hard to get immediate results.

In the final analysis, the legislation is lagging behind, and when the entire market has enough demand, it will be paid attention to by the system, such as real estate, finance, tobacco and other industries The laws and regulations are very complete, because this is one of the important tax sources of the country. The capacity of the art market is still insufficient, it is not a pillar industry, and the laws and regulations for the art market are almost blank.

But it's not completely impossible, it's just that doing so is suspected of "sporty" law enforcement.

However, thinking of the imminent problems in the art market, Han Bo felt that he couldn't delay it any longer, weighed it again, held the steering wheel tightly and said: "Director Ding, I have studied the materials you gave me, and I have also seen the relevant clues I have found, and I found that no matter how the operation or speculation in the market is, the most profitable and most traded artworks are the artworks returned from overseas. ”

"It is also the hardest hit area for money laundering. ”

"So I think maybe we can use that as a starting point. ”

Knowing that this kid had a way, Ding Xingli asked excitedly: "How to cut in?"

"Art is not other goods, there are higher requirements for transportation, genuine products should take into account the safety of transportation, possible damage, in case of robbery, theft, loss or damage how to recover the loss, so will entrust a professional logistics company to transport, will buy insurance. In order to package the fakes as genuine, they also use a company that entrusts them to a professional company. ”

"The company that specializes in the transportation of art has the first-hand materials we need!" Ding Xingli's eyes lit up.

"It's not just first-hand material. ”

Han Bo smiled and said proudly: "I have studied the existing tax system, and in the current tariff, art is listed as the 21st category of imported goods, and import duties and import VAT need to be declared and paid when imported. Import duties vary from 0 to 14% depending on the type of art, with 0 per cent for antique art.

In countries with which China has a preferential trade agreement, the import duty rate is 12% for original works of art and 14% for reproductions, and 50% for countries that do not have a preferential trade agreement with China.

However, in the actual transaction, the consumption of art also has to bear a variety of taxes such as consumption tax and business tax, even if the import tax rate of 12% is adopted, plus the value-added tax of 17%, the comprehensive tax rate of art import will exceed 30%.

Although the new tax reduction regulations will reduce the import tariff on some works of art, including oil paintings, pastel paintings and other hand-painted originals, original engravings, printed paintings, lithographs, and original sculptures made of various materials, to 6%, but this tax is still very high, and it can be said that China is a high-tariff country in this regard.

After all, in Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore all implement a zero-tariff policy on art imports, and Taiwan and Singapore only levy 5% and 7% VAT on top of tariffs respectively. The United States, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Belarus and other countries have implemented zero tariffs on artworks, and Moroccan import tariffs are only 1.25%. ”

"You mean that the companies that experience art, whether it's transportation, or those who experience art, are almost all suspected of evading customs duties!"

"You can't evade taxes because of high taxes, and the domestic art market is very different from the foreign art market, not only bubbles, but also fraud, speculation, money laundering and other problems, if you implement zero tariffs or local taxes like other countries, the problem will only be more serious than now. ”

Han Bo paused, and then said: "If you want to see immediate results, there is only this way, let the customs check the tax, I dare to conclude that either you don't check it, you have to check it one by one." ”

First of all, we can investigate the art transportation companies, so that we can not only grasp the evidence of their suspected tariff evasion, but also grasp the clues of those "speculators" in a relatively comprehensive way, and then follow the vine to investigate and deal with those predators who are making waves in the art market.

The more Ding Xingli thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and he subconsciously asked: "What do the current laws and regulations say about this?"

"The Criminal Law stipulates that whoever evades the tax payable by smuggling goods or articles with a tax payable of more than 500,000 yuan shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the amount of tax payable or confiscate property; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of Article 151 of the Criminal Law. Paragraph 4 of Article 151 of the Criminal Law stipulates that anyone who commits a particularly serious case shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death and confiscation of property. ”

Han Bo memorized these legal provisions.

Ding Xingli was happy, and couldn't help laughing: "If other illegal and criminal acts are found, they will be punished for several crimes." Violations of administrative regulations on financial supervision are also subject to administrative penalties. ”

Han Bo patted the steering wheel and sighed lightly: "A blow, it should have a certain containment effect." However, in the long run, it is still necessary to formulate laws and regulations in this area to fundamentally regulate this market. ”

"That's a matter for the cultural authorities, as long as we can curb it. ”

The superiors asked for "immediate results", Ding Xingli was "seizing the day", thought about it and said: "Han Bo, work hard for you again, you have rich experience in handling cases, and you are a legal expert, formulate a set of practical plans according to the existing clues as soon as possible, I will show it to the leaders, and if the leaders agree, I will organize the implementation." ”

"I'll send it to you later. ”