Tax Audit

Meanwhile, Hai Lu Feng Company's revenue for December 2024 reached 40.37 million, bringing the total revenue for the entire year to 140 million yuan.

However, due to Jiang Miao's sudden spending spree at the end of the year, the company's net profit was reduced to only 57.31 million yuan.

This net profit was still decent and contributed 20.05 million yuan in taxes to the local area.

At the city's tax bureau's inspection team.

Tax auditors were reviewing the relevant documents brought by Ye Meijing.

"Your company is a sole proprietorship, therefore you are required to pay personal income tax for the legal representative at a rate of 35% of the annual net profit...

Your declared annual net profit is 57,311,251 yuan, and the payable tax is 20,058,937 yuan. Please confirm and sign if everything is correct."

Ye Meijing nodded, "I confirm everything is correct."

She signed the declaration form to confirm.

Shortly after Ye Meijing left.

The tax auditor went to the section chief's office.

"Section Chief Li, the declared amount for this company is quite large, and it's their first year of establishment. Please take a look at the situation!"

Section Chief Li immediately took the declaration documents.

The reason he was paying such close attention was very simple: in 2023, there were only 24 companies in the Hai Lu Feng area that paid over 10 million yuan in taxes.

Hai Lu Feng Agricultural Technology Company's tax amount of 20.05 million yuan placed it around 14th in the entire city.

The Hai Lu Feng Tax Bureau paid extra attention to every company with a tax amount exceeding 1 million yuan, let alone a company that paid 20.05 million yuan in taxes right away.

"Huh? This is a sole proprietorship? Registered in May last year? Main business is eel farming? Annual revenue of 140 million?" Section Chief Li looked completely bewildered.

Especially when he saw the financial statements, he was even more stunned. In just four months, this company's revenue reached 140 million yuan.

The auditor reminded him, "They also have quite a few registered employees."

Section Chief Li looked at the employee salary expenditure item and found that Hai Lu Feng Company indeed had a considerable number of employees, totaling 112 people, all of whom were full-time employees with the five social insurances.

"The salary level is quite good! Even security guards get 3500, plus a year-end bonus of 3500, and an additional 1000 for disability allowance."

"Just for year-end bonuses and salaries, they paid out nearly 3 million yuan. They are really generous!"

Section Chief Li thought for a while, "How about this! I'll personally lead a team to conduct an audit tomorrow."

At Hai Lu Feng Company's headquarters.

All the employees were also beaming with joy.

Because the company had paid out money.

Among them, the 21 people in the sales department received very high year-end bonuses, almost all exceeding 30,000 yuan. Including sales performance and basic salary, each person received over 50,000 yuan.

Then there was the eel farming base. Brother-in-law Zhang Xincheng received a year-end bonus of 100,000 yuan. The 8 technicians basically received a 20,000 yuan year-end bonus, and the 14 ordinary employees received year-end bonuses ranging from 5,000 to 8,000 yuan.

Next were the other departments of the company. Clerks received around 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, and department heads received 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.

The cannery was similar. Li Xinhua received a 30,000 year-end bonus, while the three technicians and three team leaders each got 20,000. Regular employees received the same as those at the eel farming base.

As for the newly established South Lake Farm, the employees there only received a consolation prize of 3,500 yuan.

Jiang Miao knew that giving out money was the primary strategy for a company to win over people's hearts; other methods were secondary.

If a company constantly painted a rosy picture and talked about ideals to its employees, but their salaries and benefits remained unchanged, the employees weren't fools and would eventually realize it.

After all, a company is a company; it cannot attract followers in a way similar to religion.

Or rather, the belief of a company is money. To make employees support the company, giving out money is an indispensable method.

As for those so-called entrepreneurs who started by relying on personal charisma, if they didn't have money, their personal charisma would likely be useless.

Of course, with the current development of remote farming on the internet, there are quite a few people who worship and believe in entrepreneurs like oxen and horses. Perhaps this is a case of distance creating beauty!

After Jiang Miao distributed the money, the company employees were full of energy, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and their work efficiency also improved significantly.

In addition to directly distributing money, the company also provided two sets of good winter clothes to all employees for free and distributed a box of stocked eel cans to each person.

Because the company ate various eel dishes every few days, all the employees didn't really want to eat eel cans when they saw them.

However, the good thing about this item was that it could be mailed home.

January 8th.

As soon as Jiang Miao and Lin Shuya arrived at the company, they encountered Section Chief Li and others who had come to audit the taxes.

"Chairman, this is Section Chief Li from the Tax Bureau. They need to audit our finances from last year," Ye Meijing quickly explained.

Jiang Miao shook hands with Section Chief Li.

"Hello, I am Jiang Miao."

"So it's President Jiang. I am Li Yunbo, and this is my work ID." Section Chief Li said while showing his identification, then continued,

"The reason for this tax audit is that your company has become a major taxpayer in Shanmei. The higher-ups attach great importance to this, so I personally led the team to conduct the audit. If everything is in order, our bureau will also present your company with an award."

Jiang Miao smiled and nodded, then turned his head and instructed, "Meijing, please cooperate with Section Chief Li for the audit."

"Okay, Chairman, I will fully cooperate." Although Ye Meijing was a bit nervous, she knew that the company's finances were very sound and there was no tax evasion.

"Then I thank President Jiang for your cooperation." Section Chief Li didn't make any other moves.

"Section Chief Li, this is my business card." Jiang Miao handed over his business card, and at the same time, changed the subject, "I studied with an old Chinese doctor for a few years. Section Chief Li's complexion seems a bit off. Is it convenient to sit down and let me take your pulse?"

"Oh?" Section Chief Li didn't know what Jiang Miao was up to, so he pointed to the tables and chairs in the reception room and said, "Let's take a look here!"

"Okay."

The two sat down. Jiang Miao held the other person's wrist artery, asked him to stick out his tongue, and then frowned tightly.

"Section Chief Li, you should go to Shenshan Hospital as soon as possible. Go directly to the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and ask the doctor to focus on examining the pancreas. The sooner the better."

"That serious?" Section Chief Li was also startled.

"Yes, it's likely pancreatic cancer. This disease progresses very quickly. You are only in the early stage now; in a few months, it could be late stage."

Gulp! Section Chief Li broke out in a cold sweat and quickly asked, "How is pancreatic cancer treated?"

Jiang Miao cautiously reminded, "You must arrange surgery for removal as soon as possible. Don't believe in any folk remedies or the like. Once you delay past these crucial few months, there will be nothing you can do. Pancreatic cancer is the king of cancers."

Section Chief Li was startled, but still somewhat skeptical. He could only force a smile and say, "Thank you for the reminder, General Manager Jiang. I'll make time to go to the hospital tomorrow."

Then he turned his head and instructed, "Xiao Zhang, Xiao Li, let's begin this audit!"

With Ye Meijing's cooperation, this tax audit went very smoothly. Only Section Chief Li seemed somewhat distracted throughout, clearly worried about his health.

Soon, the other party even refused to stay for dinner and left in a hurry.

Watching the official car drive away, Jiang Miao could only wish him well.

After all, pancreatic cancer is the king of cancers. If the other party were to be admitted for treatment immediately, there would likely be a chance of survival. If he delayed for a few more months, the treatment effect would be very poor.

Watching Section Chief Li leave and the tax staff follow Ye Meijing up to the second-floor finance office, Lin Shuya asked curiously:

"When did you learn traditional Chinese medicine?"

"I've been studying it these past few years."

"But about this matter, weren't you a bit impulsive? What if it's a misdiagnosis?" Lin Shuya asked with some concern.

Jiang Miao shook his head, "What I said just now about 'likely' is a 99.99% probability."

"So, that Section Chief Li really has pancreatic cancer?"

"Yes, it's just that I can't say for sure it's pancreatic cancer. I hope he goes to the hospital as soon as possible! Pancreatic cancer can still be treated in the early stages. If he delays further, there will be nothing that can be done." Jiang Miao shook his head.