Chapter 191: Taxes are collected even if the purchase is zero yuan? The reason why Shawshank is so popular is found
The sky curtain also continued to tell the story.

[In the 20th century, with the outbreak of World War I, the United States reorganized its tax department.]

[Although it is no longer like during the Civil War, where your entire family will be wiped out at will. ]

【But it still inherits the glorious tradition of violent law enforcement. 】

[If anyone dares to resist, he will be sent to jail. ]

[In addition to violent debt collection methods, the glorious tradition of commissions has naturally not been forgotten. ]

[This group of new tax collectors, like wild dogs on the loose, pounced on taxpayers across the United States.]

[In just half a year, the number of tax filers in the United States increased by more than seven times. ]

【Finally, an internal violence department was established.】

[This is the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, which makes countless Americans shudder at the mention of it, and even Walter White from Breaking Bad is very afraid of it! ]

【The Investigations Division is more than just an armed law enforcement group.】

[At the same time, their main targets are also various major cases and powerful tax resisters. ]

【Under U.S. law, the federal government has the power to levy taxes on all sources of income. 】

[Including legal and illegal sources. ]

[Including but not limited to various drug trafficking, smuggling, kidnapping, robbery, zero-dollar shopping, etc. 】

[But generally speaking, American people working in the above industries are not very enthusiastic about paying taxes. ]

[This requires the Investigation Department to have strong physical means.]

[Only strong physical means can collect taxes from various illegal and criminal groups. ]

[The Investigation Department does not target the criminal activities of these criminal groups. ]

[It is only aimed at them, and the various untaxed income generated through criminal activities. ]

[In a nutshell, you can commit a crime, but you can't avoid paying taxes. ]

When seeing this, the barrage was already filled with a happy atmosphere.

"It turns out that it is true that you need to pay taxes for zero-dollar purchases, and it is not a joke."

"Don't these criminals have to pay taxes? JPG?"

"Smuggler: Guess why I smuggle?"

《High! Really high!》

《I can’t learn it. I can’t learn it at all.》

"You ask me what the Investigation Department is? Let me tell you now, we, the Investigation Department, handle things that the FBI dare not handle. We, the Investigation Department, catch people that you cannot catch! In a word, we handle things that the FBI can handle, and we handle things that the FBI cannot handle even more. Execute first and report later, the imperial power has granted permission! This is the Investigation Department, is it clear enough?"

"To be honest, it is indeed a special authorization by the emperor."

……

Outside the sky.

Ying Zheng's smile also froze.

I have seen that the federal government in later generations gave tax commissioners various powers and methods.

Successfully collected taxes from all the people.

It has opened up an important source of income for the country.

Ying Zheng admired it very much and felt that it was necessary for his Qin Dynasty to follow suit.

But when I saw here.

Ying Zheng felt that something had changed.

The Qin Dynasty collected taxes for its own personal enjoyment, for the dignity of the royal family, and for the inheritance of the family.

This is indeed true.

But at the same time, it is also for the purpose of better ruling this country!

Let Daqin develop better!

And what about the Tax Investigation Department in later generations?

Instead of fighting crime, they are levying taxes on criminal income?

As a law enforcement officer of the country, how can you be like this? !
After thinking for a moment, Ying Zheng slowly said:
"Haha, foreign barbarians are just foreign barbarians after all."

"According to my speculation, this so-called world's most powerful country in the future wouldn't be a country founded by a group of bandits, right?"

"Why else would they act so much like a bunch of robbers?"

"It seems that when our Great Qin learns from the more advanced systems of later generations, we must also be more discerning."

"It would be bad if I learn some bad stuff."

The sky continues.

[In urban legend, the Investigation Division is known as the third largest armed force in the United States. ]

【But it’s actually an exaggeration. 】

[Their weapons are nothing more than various submachine guns and shotguns. ]

[The great thing about the Criminal Investigation Department is that they have almost unlimited power in the process of law enforcement. ]

[You can force the other party to remain silent, search without permission, or even arrest the other party first and then collect evidence, etc.]

【They can arrest people first and then provide evidence. 】

[In the case of multiple criminal offenses committed by the same suspect, the Investigation Department has priority.]

[They can be questioned first, arrested first, have their assets seized first, and be punished first.]

[In a word, in front of tax crimes, all other crimes have to take a back seat.]

[The Taxation Bureau, which has an investigation department, has become more powerful and has begun to become a tool for politicians to attack their political opponents.]

[Even the relevant personnel wrote in their memoirs without disguising how they helped then-President Roosevelt to use the name of tax investigation to attack his political opponents.]

[The tax bureau at this time is no longer a simple financial institution. ]

【It became a factory security agency.】

[It is used to impose terror on the people, and it works every time. ]

[Whether it is billionaires or senior politicians, they all turn pale when talking about taxes. ]

[After World War II, some restrictions were placed on the tax bureau.]

【But it only limits its further expansion. 】

[Its actual power is still extremely exaggerated. ]

[Since World War II, the only person who has really taken drastic measures to limit the power of the IRS is Mr. Trump. ]

[During his tenure, he drastically cut the IRS budget.]

[But to this day, the IRS remains the most terrifying department in the United States. ]

[A large number of privileges remain to this day. ]

[And the sanctions of an IRS commissioner are enough to drive any American citizen to extremes. ] [And Stark, whom we mentioned earlier, was originally the best representative of the American dream. ]

[Started from the bottom, opened a software company, earned a lot of money, and owned a luxury house and a luxury car. ]

[But Stark encountered the two most fatal problems of the American middle class. ]

【Divorce and tax evasion.】

[Stark's personal taxes are handled by his wife.]

[But in the later period of his marriage, his wife omitted some of his income that should have been reported, which laid the groundwork for the disaster.]

[In 1998, Stark and his wife divorced.]

[In 1999, the IRS discovered Stark's tax evasion, and they also knew that Stark's ex-wife was responsible for filing the tax return.]

【So he started to make trouble for his ex-wife. 】

[But his ex-wife was bankrupt at this point, and after many twists and turns, it all came back to Stark.]

[Stark found a professional to negotiate with the Investigation Department, hoping to get a partial reduction in the fine since he did not deliberately evade taxes.]

[But a few years later, what Stark got was that his software company was suspended from business. ]

[In the following years, Stark used all his personal connections, from churches to lawyers to government departments at all levels, to look everywhere.]

[Stark himself is also a stubborn person. ]

[He insisted that tax evasion was not his fault and he should not pay the fine, and he started a dispute with the IRS.]

[The IRS has unlimited power in its hands, which can be said to be a special case for dealing with argumentative people. ]

[Stark was also hit by a combination of punches, freezing real estate, freezing bank assets, freezing income sources, and so on. There is always a set that suits him. 】

[Stark also left a last word: he angrily criticized the tax regulations, which are more than 60,000 pages long and even experts cannot understand.]

[A plane loaded with explosives and gasoline crashed head-on into the IRS building, causing three deaths and twelve injuries.]

[This also caused the whole society to condemn the IRS. ]

[The overly complicated tax filing design has made tax filing a difficult matter. 】

[Ordinary people simply don’t understand the more than 6 pages of tax filing regulations and can only pay someone to file their taxes.]

[The truly wealthy have professional teams to provide services and reasonably avoid taxes. ]

【But despite the public's dissatisfaction. 】

[But as a national department, the IRS is undoubtedly successful.]

[In the world's largest economy, the IRS has made nearly everyone feel the words of founding father Franklin.]

【"The only things that are eternal are death and taxes."】

The sky video ends.

The barrage also saw a concentrated outburst.

"It has the flavor of a 40k law enforcement officer."

"This kind of society is hopeless, it drives people to death."

《Steamed bun, are you dissatisfied?》

"If even senior engineer Stark can't understand it, then there aren't many people who can."

"Buffett pays less in taxes than his secretary."

"No wonder Shawshank is so popular in prison."

"Chongzhen directly called him an expert!"

"King of Understanding: I think you don't like being taxed, maga!"

"To stop paying taxes is to die."

"Death? Death is also a tax!"

……

After the final barrage broke out.

This sky-high video ends first.

At the beginning, the ancient feudal emperors saw that the world's most powerful country in later generations levied taxes and felt it necessary to emulate it.

Now there is silence.

I feel that even if I want to learn, it may not be suitable for me.

"My Great Qin, Great Han, Great Tang, Great Song, Great Ming... our national conditions are here!"

"I can't learn it. I absolutely can't learn it."

Qin Dynasty.

After I felt that it was necessary to further discuss the issue of studying America.

Ying Zheng also said with some regret:

“The governments of later generations are indeed very efficient in some aspects and are worth learning from.”

"But like the IRS in the United States, I can't learn it, and there is no need to learn it."

“I don’t agree with their ideas.”

"I wonder if there is a true method of governing a country that is suitable for our Great Qin to learn from, so that our Great Qin country can be more stable and last for thousands of years?"

"Will there be any powerful country in the future?"

"It looks a lot like my Daqin?"

And in the Three Kingdoms.

After a period of hard work, the Shu Han regime made great progress under Zhuge Liang's governance.

But the more progress was made, the more worried Zhuge Liang became.

Because Zhuge Liang realized it.

The Han Dynasty, which only had one state, made a great leap in overall strength in just a few years after careful governance.

What about Cao Wei, which occupied most of the world?

They only need a few years of governance to realize their full potential!

The strength has risen to another level!
But the Shu Han regime rose to a higher level, from 10 to 15.

And the Cao Wei regime rose to a higher level?
Even though their governance level is relatively low, it only increased from 100 to 120.

It seems that Shu Han has improved by 50%, while Cao Wei has only improved by 20%.

But the power gap between the two countries was originally 90, and now it has become 105!

Time waits not for us!

Can't develop!
So Zhuge Liang also had an urgent hope.

We can learn from the rise and governance of those countries in later generations.

(End of this chapter)