I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 467 French National Tax Service (please ask for monthly votes at the end of the month)

Joseph turned the gas lamp at the table brighter. The white light instantly illuminated the room.

He immediately took out a pen and paper and began to formulate a plan for tax reform: the first step was to establish local tax bureaus in each province.

Although tax collection will still be controlled by tax collectors in the short term, government departments must be established first, recruit staff, and familiarize themselves with the tax collection process as early as possible.

Thinking of training tax collectors, Joseph hesitated for a moment, but soon wrote on paper: An "Economic School" would be established by the Paris Police Academy to be responsible for the training of tax collectors.

Taxation work in this era is definitely a technical job. Which taxes should be collected, how to collect them, how to detect tax evasion, and even how to find taxpayers all require rich experience.

It can be said that tax collectors must be good at economics, law, criminal investigation and other skills. Compared with government officials, they are closer to the police.

After the tax collector system is abolished, the local tax bureau will immediately take over the work of the previous tax collectors. It can be said that whether the tax reform can be smoothly transitioned depends on the level of tax collectors.

Joseph believes that compared to the "wild" tax officials who relied solely on their own experience, the tax collectors trained by the police academy are definitely much more capable.

In addition to the local tax bureau, the French National Tax Service will be established based on the later IRS.

According to historical trajectory, after France abolished the tax farming system, departments similar to the local tax bureau were responsible for taxation.

National taxation only appeared in the mid-19th century. It is mainly used to strengthen the country's fiscal control capabilities. It is a new economic tool and is of great significance to the balanced development of the country. So Joseph directly used it in advance for France.

The tax officers of the Internal Revenue Service have very high law enforcement authority, and their financial authority is even higher than that of the secret police - whether you are a noble or a bank, they can check your accounts at any time, freeze your assets, and even directly auction the assets of tax evaders.

The IRS also has the power to subpoena and detain individuals or organizations with tax problems.

These tax departments may seem ordinary to people in the 21st century, but in fact they are the most scientific results of more than two hundred years of tax reforms and continuous attempts and adjustments carried out by European countries.

Joseph continued to write down the working framework of the tax bureau according to his memory——

Making plans, attendance regulations, tax settlement, tax verification, tax arrears processing...

It is a completely standard and modern operating mechanism, precise and efficient.

You know, except for the UK, which has a bit of modern taxation, other countries have not gotten rid of the feudal taxation model - basically a tax official leads a few men to collect money from house to house, and it is unknown who gets less and more. It's up to the tax officer to collect some taxes, and it's not much different from collecting protection fees from a gangster.

I don't know how long he had been writing. Joseph yawned and began to think about how to adjust taxes to be more suitable for industrial and commercial development.

For example, levy personal income tax, regulate consumption tax, value-added tax, etc. Of course, we must also abolish taxes such as poll tax, military service tax, and alcohol tax that are not suitable for the industrial era.

He couldn't help but exhale. Fortunately, he had the legislative power in his hands before. Otherwise, such a large tax adjustment would inevitably attract various objections.

But these adjustments are all paving the way for France to move from an agricultural country to an industrial country, and they will be implemented together with this tax reform.

For the industrial revolution, the resistance from the national system is often greater than the technical resistance, so tax reform must be completed no matter how difficult it is.

It was nearly 1:30 in the morning. Eman looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was so tired that he fell asleep on the table. His eyes were full of reverence. He gently stepped forward to cover him with a blanket, and then turned off the gas lamp.

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Silesia.

East of Lignitz.

Hedwig, commander of the second regiment of the Royal Austrian Hendriss Infantry Regiment, pressed his left shoulder, raised his eyes to look at the nearly a hundred military tents neatly arranged in the open space in the distance, turned his head and said to the attendant beside him:

"Is this right here?"

The latter urged his horse to run for a while, and soon saw a wooden sign hanging on the fence outside the tent group, which read "Field Hospital" in French and German.

He quickly turned around and shouted to Hedwig:

"Captain, we are here!"

Not long after, the two arrived at the entrance of the field hospital, and immediately two French soldiers standing guard came forward to block them:

"Please stop, there is a disinfection area ahead and entry is prohibited."

Hedwig hurriedly gestured to the bandage on his shoulder and said in proficient French:

"I'm injured and need to be treated here."

His attendant hurriedly took out an application document from the Austrian military and handed it to the guard:

"Our lord is the second commander of the Royal Hendrix Infantry Regiment. This is a treatment application signed by Marshal Lacy."

A French soldier motioned to him to wait and quickly ran into the field hospital.

After a moment, Perna, wearing a white robe and a men's top hat, followed him out, looked at Hedwig who had dismounted, and said:

"Mr. Major, according to regulations, you can be treated here, but you need to check the wound condition and disinfect it first."

Yes, because many wounded soldiers needed treatment, as one of the founders and directors of the Guards Corps Field Hospital, Perna, with a sense of mission as a doctor, decided to stay on the front line to rescue the wounded soldiers instead of following the Crown Prince. Return to France.

"Why is there a bitch in the hospital?" Hedwig obviously noticed that the woman in front of him was a woman, and muttered in a low voice with some dissatisfaction, then looked at the disinfectant following her, "You should be the military doctor in charge here. Bar……"

Before he finished speaking, a carriage came speeding up and stopped in front of a few people. A very young officer walked out with the support of his attendants and said anxiously to the French soldiers:

"I am Ferinanke from the 7th Dragoon Battalion. My leg is injured and I hope to receive treatment here."

Perna looked at his epaulettes, he was also a major officer, and had no choice but to wonder:

"Sir, there is only one bed left in the field hospital."

Fernanke glanced at her doubtfully, ignored her, and said to the disinfectant:

"I have application documents signed by Marshal Lacy. You must give me priority..."

Hedwig immediately shouted angrily:

"I also have documents signed by the Marshal. You should be in line behind me."

Ferinanke glanced at the bandage on his shoulder and forced a smile:

"Your Majesty, your injuries don't seem too serious."

He gestured to his legs again:

"And I, you see, was stabbed through the calf by a bayonet. If I don't get treatment, it is very likely..."

"No, no, I'm also seriously injured." Hedwig said, already starting to remove the bandage, "Look if you don't believe me."

The two soon started arguing outside the field hospital, and neither one wanted to give in, because they both knew that if they stayed in the wounded soldiers' camp at home, there was a high probability that their wounds would become infected, and then they would go to see God.

However, the French Army Field Hospital has a wound healing rate of up to 70%. Only here can you save your life!