Wang Mudan leaned close to Simingda's ear and whispered, "This audit is different from the previous ones. They said someone reported us for tax evasion, so they're doing a comprehensive audit. I can't handle it alone. You should go over and take a look as soon as possible. Otherwise, something big might happen."
"What did you say? Someone reported you?" Si Mingda was so shocked that he stood up from his chair. His expression changed drastically. "Who reported you?"
"How would I know who reported it? They wouldn't tell me. The most important thing now is to entertain them and find out the whole story. Only then can we take targeted action."
"Okay, let's go quickly." Si Mingda hurried to the meeting room with Wang Mudan.
Arriving at the conference room and seeing the working group members, Simingda's expression immediately changed. Smiling broadly, he took out a cigarette and skillfully handed it to Section Chief Zheng and the other five people, greeting them warmly: "Excuse me, Section Chief Zheng, I didn't know you were coming. I was a little busy inside just now."
Section Chief Zheng had received many benefits from Simingda in the past, and they had a good personal relationship. However, no matter how close their relationship was, since he had received the letter of complaint, he had to follow the normal work process, otherwise he would be the one to go to jail.
Regardless of his personal morals, he was not bold enough to challenge the law.
"Mr. Si, we've received a letter of complaint that specifically lists your company's tax evasion and tax avoidance. Therefore, this audit is different from previous ones and may take a few days. We hope you will cooperate. If nothing goes wrong, it will be easier for everyone. If there is a problem, we can only follow the rules. I hope you can understand."
"Oh, okay, Chief Zheng, it's okay. We will fully cooperate with your investigation. Please rest assured that we are law-abiding businessmen and will never commit any illegal acts. I'll have the staff from the Finance Department come over to cooperate with your investigation later."
"OK."
To Si Mingda's surprise, this time the working group did come with a cautious and serious mission. They did not go through the motions as before. Instead, they checked very carefully, focusing on the export tax rebates, declaration documents, declared export subsidies, actual value-added tax paid, total export volume and other accounts of the past three years.
After two weeks of detailed investigation, it was found that Mingdan Company had indeed falsified accounts to obtain export tax rebates, export subsidies, and tax evasion. These are all severely cracked down by the state and are absolutely not allowed. They have violated the law. At this point, it cannot be resolved by relying on personal connections with Section Chief Zheng.
The verification team's report listed that Mingdan Company had evaded taxes worth RMB 550,000 in the past three years, defrauded export tax rebates worth RMB 1.35 million, and defrauded subsidies worth RMB 330,000, totaling RMB 2.23 million.
After receiving the audit report from the working group, Si Mingda and Wang Mudan immediately wilted like eggplants hit by frost. They were smart all their lives but confused for a moment. They still missed a loophole. The evidence written in black and white was the evidence that would be presented in court. Si Mingda and Wang Mudan regretted it very much. They should not have listened to the slander of their colleagues and tampered with the accounts with a fluke mentality, thinking that the small amount was not a big deal. Unexpectedly, man proposes, God disposes, and in the end they failed because of their little cleverness.
After research and decision by relevant units, Mingdan Company was quickly given a penalty. In addition to paying back taxes and returning illegally earned export tax rebates, the legal representative's legal responsibility will also be investigated. To put it bluntly, Simingda will go to jail, the only difference is the length of the sentence.
A month later, Mingdan Company was fined 3 million yuan, and was required to pay an additional 550,000 yuan in taxes, and to return 1.35 million yuan in export tax rebates and 330,000 yuan in export subsidies. Its legal representative Si Mingda was formally detained in a detention center.
This sudden disaster stunned the strong woman Wang Mudan. She and Si Mingda had worked together for so many years and had always been fair and law-abiding, and had never deliberately committed a crime. As for the little tricks in the accounts, this was an open secret in the industry. Even Section Chief Zheng and others knew about these tricks. They also understood the difficulties of running a factory, and they had turned a blind eye to the accounts in the past. Why did they make such a fuss this time?
After thinking about it, she realized that the problem still lay with the letter of complaint. She went through the people she knew in her mind over and over again, but she couldn't figure out who was stabbing her in the back?
They have many friends in their business circle and their social interactions are complicated, so some minor frictions are inevitable, but they have never had any grudges with anyone. So who is the whistleblower hiding in the dark?
As early as the first day the working group entered Mingdan Company for investigation, the biggest suspect that came to Wang Mudan's mind was Zhang Yixiao. She had been the agent for Mingdan Company's accounts for the past two years. Only she and Luo Yingtao knew the details of Mingdan Company's accounts best. In addition, she and Luo Yingtao had a sensitive relationship, so she had enough reason to list them as the most important suspects.
During the days when the working group was auditing the accounts, Section Chief Zheng had informed Zhang Yixiao to go to Mingdan Company for investigation. She behaved very calmly and normally, as if she was completely unaware of the report against Mingdan Company. She did not look like the kind of person who would cry thief.
The results of the investigation had not yet come out at that time, and Wang Mudan did not think of the worst. She was hoping for a lucky outcome, hoping that this audit would go as smoothly as before.
What shocked and puzzled her was that with the release of the working group's investigation report, the disaster of Mingdan Company also followed. Faced with the sudden storm, she was panicked and at a loss. After more than ten years of struggling in the business world, she had seen many ups and downs, but she had never played with the law. Faced with this extraordinary disaster, she fell into great panic and helplessness.
After Si Mingda was detained, she suddenly lost her backbone and had no mood to deal with a lot of troubles. In the face of this unprecedented disaster, she, who had always been competitive, cried secretly in the office several times.
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