Chapter 604: Chapter 515: Unexpected Gains
Joseph Yigordmid sat down in the chair, looking sowhat expectant as he asked, “Is it the task I set you on that has borne fruit?”
He had t this British banker previously, on Jean Sone’s recomndation—a greedy and cunning speculator, and also one of the higher-ups within the Tax Farrs Association.
“I have several friends who wish to hold positions in the finance departnt, and I hope Your Highness could arrange so spots for them.”
Joseph’s face imdiately cooled.
These financiers really looked for any chance to extend their tentacles into the nation’s financial core, and from there, to gradually take control of the entire financial system.
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But Joseph was no easily fooled politician—this was not yet the 19th century, where the Jewish Consortium’s thods of financial control were mature. The Rothschild family’s brilliant maneuvers would not co into play until 20 years later, but for him, all of these were historical docunts he had read countless tis.
So, the mont Godemid perked up his rear end, Joseph knew exactly what he was up to.
Your Highness. I hope we can have more cooperation in the future.”
Joseph neither agreed nor disagreed and asked, “Can you now tell what you have done at the Tax Farrs Association?”
“Oh, yes, Your Highness.” Godemid said, “I suggested that they hide the tax records and exchange them with false docunts during the handover with the governnt’s Tax Administration.
“They intended to use these docunts as leverage to continue farming so of the more profitable taxes.”
Upon hearing this, Joseph’s eyes narrowed. Without the authentic tax records, once the Tax Administration began tax collection, it would likely fall into chaos very quickly.
Not to ntion, just the missing records of back taxes and pre-paid taxes would be enough for taxpayers and Tax Officers to co to blows.
Furthermore, the tax amounts for land and factories would have to be completely reevaluated. Market taxes, based on estimations, would be a complete ss—the tax is roughly levied according to the size of your stall, and new Tax Officers would certainly have endless disputes with the rchants.
It had to be said, this thod was indeed very malicious. If the Tax Administration was caught off guard and ssed with in this manner, it would surely beco a pandemonium.
But Joseph wasn’t without his own counterasures. For instance, his first thought was—the docunts are gone, but the people are still here.
Who knew these tax docunts the best? Certainly, the Tax Collectors employed by the Tax Farrs, who were actually responsible for collecting the taxes.
If the Tax Administration found serious problems with the docunts they received, making it impossible to carry out normal tax collection, he could arrest thousands of these Tax Collectors on charges of “participating in tax evasion.”
These people were the living tax data. Locked up at night, they would be handcuffed during the day and accompany the governnt’s Tax Officers to collect taxes—each problem resolved would earn them a 5-day sentence reduction. In less than half a month, they would have the country’s tax work in perfect order.
Of course, now that Joseph knew about the Tax Farrs Association’s switch of tax docunts, the initiative was on his side.
All he needed to consider was how to secure the evidence and create the most favorable situation for tax reform.
Joseph then looked toward Godemid and asked, “Do you know where the tax docunts are stored?”
“Yes, Your Highness.” The latter nodded proudly, “Being the initiator of this plan, I was responsible for many aspects of it. The docunts should all be in several villas owned by Viscount Ford in Antoine Town.”
“Very good.” Joseph ordered, “Go back and act as if nothing has happened. As soon as you’re sure all the docunts have been gathered, notify imdiately.”
and fill over ten horse-drawn carts with a large volu of tax docunts.
After the tax docunts were sent to the French Tax Administration, the Paris Supre Court imdiately issued hundreds of arrest warrants. Clearly, they had been prepared in advance, just waiting for a stamp to be put into action.
Subsequently, intelligence agents across the country, with the cooperation of the police, arrested almost all the heads of the Tax Farming Bureaus on charges of “forging tax docunts.”
These so-called Tax Farming Bureaus were tax institutions set up by the Tax Farrs, serving a similar function to the governnt’s Tax Administration. Most of the Tax Farrs did not take on the role of head of the Tax Farming Bureaus—they were the financiers, akin to the chairn of the bureaus, while a large number of hired “Tax Collectors” carried out the actual tax collection work.
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