Legend -

Someone prayed to the gods he believed in: "My God, I have seven children, and it is difficult to turn around in the house, please give me a big house." ”

His God said, "Drive the flock in and stay together for seven days." ”

The man was puzzled, but he did so.

It was really seven hellish days, and when it was over, the man prayed again: "God, I have done it, please give me a big house." ”

God said, "Drive the flock out and talk about it in two days." ”

The man complied.

Two days later, he prayed joyfully to God, saying, "O God! All of a sudden, it felt spacious! ”

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Xu Yuanzuo had a meeting with the directors of Renshoutang when he thought of this story inexplicably. His character is the unlucky man with seven children who lived with the sheep for seven days.

Looking at the sore faces of the directors when they heard that they were going to pay taxes, Xu Yuanzuo really wanted to talk to them about what it means to be three to five percent and a maximum of 20 percent of the business tax.

Or talk about the corporate income tax rate of 25 percent, which is 20 percent even for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Of course, we must not forget that there are also additional taxes and small taxes on urban construction, land appreciation, education, printing, real estate, etc.

If you include the part of the enterprise payment of employee social security, the actual tax burden borne by an enterprise is really a headache for the boss.

In this comparison, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were too happy.

Since the founding of Hongwu, the tax authorities have been abolished for decades, and finally the commercial tax has been set at 30 taxes and 1, prohibiting excessive levy, and small and medium-sized enterprises with an annual business quota of less than 40 taels of silver are exempt from tax. There are only 17 banknotes in the country that collect tolls. Plus a vigorous blow to the tooth line. Emperor Hongwu simply spared no effort to support industry and commerce.

From Hongwu to Longqing for three years, the only additional taxes are the door stall tax and the city tax. However, the implementation of these two taxes is weak, the amount is low, and the abolition is uncertain, and it is basically negligible.

As for the business tax of 3.33 percent, these big businessmen are still unwilling to pay. It is enough to witness the greed of the human heart.

"Xiangzi is public, we are all hard work, not stingy, and now we are talking about paying taxes, which makes it a little difficult for people to accept it immediately." Hu Chen squeezed out an ugly smile at Xu Yuanzuo, trying not to make the atmosphere too solemn.

Everyone on the board of directors knows that Yuan Zhengchun is a mud bodhisattva, and the abbot Xu Yuanzuo has the final say in the affairs of the temple.

Sure enough, Yuan Zhengchun's eyes were scattered. As if in contemplation, as if in a nap.

Xu Yuanzuo grinned and said, "It's not just that. On weekdays, we support righteous learning, help the poor and weak, and contribute money to suppress bandits and prevent criminals. ”

Hu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't finish it.

"But...... Who of you dares to say: We can't use the imperial court? Xu Yuanzuo's face was straight.

Although everyone thinks that the court is a burden in their hearts, but without a father and a king, it subverts the values of the world. After all, don't say it. It is better for a businessman to hide in the shadows and make a fortune, because it is not a proper position to be on the cusp of the storm.

"Look. Since we still need the imperial court, we have to give them some face and pay some taxes. Xu Yuanzuo paused, and then said: "What's more, we actually pay but don't pay." Think about it, didn't Renjudo also charge fees in the first place? After collecting the fees, will you still pay dividends? Now we have replaced the word 'fee' with 'national tax'. And then as a dividend, and then back to you, in fact, even the fees are saved. ”

A director from Sijing couldn't help but ask, "Brother Jing Lian, the more I listen to it, the more strange it becomes...... If so, where does the tax paid to the yamen come from? ”

"We've all paid our taxes. Don't the people below pay? Don't people outside pay? Xu Yuanzuo said softly: "The major shareholder pays nine taels, ten taels, and can earn a little." Minority shareholders pay almost the same amount of taxes and dividends, which is equivalent to being exempt from fees. As for the people outside, they naturally simply pay taxes. ”

"How does Renjudo tax outsiders?" Someone else asked.

In the past, Renjudo was a loose alliance, and the tax package was only the tax burden of the property under the name of the member. If you ask irrelevant businesses to levy taxes, it will become a protection fee.

"Of course Renshoutang doesn't accept it, it's the county government." Xu Yuanzuo said: "It's just that our people help collect taxes and fill out tax stamps." Well, you just think of us as 'public beings'. ”

The county government also hires temporary workers to cooperate with the local government to collect taxes. These temporary workers have no salary, no establishment, and are called "public workers" by the people, and have a very bad reputation.

However, everyone knows that being a public can make a lot of oil and water, and it is the best profession for hooligans to settle down.

Of course, Renshoutang is not a broken household that extorts a family, but a consortium that can be regarded as quite large. Today, the total assets are 200,000 taels, which is equivalent to the assets of a large family, and the utilization rate can be close to that of a wealthy family. As for personal connections, even the wealthy families are dwarfed -- the 32 shareholders are like fibrous roots, deeply rooted in the soil of Huating County.

When Renjudo was just running a dental shop, no one realized how powerful they were. It wasn't until Xu Yuanzuo used Renshoutang under the banner of the county government to start registering, assessing assets, and collecting commercial taxes that the world discovered that Renshoutang was a sleeping lion, and now the lion has woken up.

It took Xu Yuanzuo two days to make a tax collection flow chart. These include the necessary means and formulas for checking the accounts and evaluating the assets. Then there are make-up classes and exams for the teenagers in the crash course of the School of Economics, so that they can learn how to make reports. In later generations, there was no need to be taught by the tax department, and every business had an accountant. However, at this time, if you want to collect taxes, you will inevitably have to bring your own accounting.

Even so, there are many merchants who don't even have accounts.

Some are really not. What kind of accounts do you want for your own small business? A few circles on the wall and a few knots on the rope don't prevent you from doing business, does it?

Some really don't want to hand it over. However, most of these people were not shareholders of Renshoutang, and after a little pressure from the local elders and the yamen, they still had to hand over the account books. As for whether it is true or not, Xu Yuanzuo is not worried, because he still has an elite team to verify.

The Ben Ford Principle is now known as the Tsui Test, and it is highly respected among elite squads.

What gave Xu Yuanzuo the most headache was the supporting law.

In the Ming Law, there is a clear law on tax evasion by concealing acres of land, but there is no corresponding provision for tax evasion. If there is no public power to back it up, then Renshoutang will really become a black organization collecting protection money.

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*(To be continued......)

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