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Li Ke smiled slightly and said something to everyone.

He is not a benevolent person, he did so many things for everyone for no reason.

Everything he does has a purpose, and the purpose of these things is naturally for taxation!

The most important of these is tariffs!

In his eyes, these people are glorious taxpayers!

PS: The first update! .

Chapter 333 30% Import Tariff!All big boats are sold out!

Hearing Li Ke's words, the merchants present were immediately refreshed, and they all looked at Li Ke.

Obviously, as soon as Li Ke's words came out, everyone immediately understood that what Li Ke was going to say next was today's topic!

Li Ke is the God of Wealth recognized by all businessmen in the Tang Dynasty, the richest man in the Tang Dynasty!

Whatever you do, no matter how bizarre it feels at first, you will always make a lot of money in the end.

But this time, Li Ke started planning this matter a year in advance, and it is absolutely impossible to spend so much thought in vain and plan so long in advance.

Therefore, what Li Ke wants to talk about next must be how to make money!

"The king has provided everyone with a shipping safety guarantee, guaranteed the safety of doing business locally, and also provided everyone with a large number of high-quality and cheap commodities."

"These services and security guarantees are naturally valuable, and everyone who enjoys these services and security guarantees naturally needs to pay a certain price."

Li Ke smiled slightly, glanced at everyone and said.

as predicted!

Hearing Li Ke's words, the businessmen present were not surprised by this.

"Of course, the fees that the king charges everyone are all reasonable and legal taxes, and there will be no other unreasonable fees."

"The first is the commercial tax on purchases. Everyone has been paying this before, so I won't say more about it."

"The second is to ship the goods overseas. When they are exported from the customs, they need to pay an export duty. The tax rate is about 10%."

"When returning from overseas, whether the goods are turned into wealth such as gold, or exchanged for goods to be sold in Datang, you need to pay 20%-30% import duties."

"If you bring back money, you will pay 30%; if you bring back goods, you will pay 20%."

"After the goods are brought back for sale, business tax and income tax need to be paid, and the payment will still be made according to the previous ratio."

"These taxes and fees are used for the construction of the navy, the research and development of weapons and equipment, as well as the construction of Shanghai City, the development of Yangzhou and Suzhou, etc., which can be regarded as taken from the people and used for the people."

"I don't know if you have any objections to these taxes?"

Li Ke quickly gave everyone a brief introduction to the rules on tariffs and various taxes.

And people distributed the brochures about tariff introduction prepared in advance. Everyone had a copy and read it carefully.

Li Ke also made some research on the tax rates of export tariffs and import tariffs.

Even if the export tariff rate reaches 10%, resulting in a 10% increase in the cost of the goods, as long as the goods are shipped to overseas countries, it is easy to sell several times the price.

Therefore, the extra 10% cost is not too much for these businessmen, and they can easily earn back overseas.

After all, Li Ke gave them the right to set prices independently, and the cost was only 10% more, which was nothing at all.

After the overseas sales are completed, the profits become a boatload of money or goods to bring back.

When these money and goods arrive at the customs, they will have to pay 20%-30% import tax.

For the part of pure money, the import tax rate set by Li Ke is 30%, because money is direct profit, unlike goods that need to be sold again to make profit.

Therefore, the tax rate for the pure money part is higher than the tax rate for goods.

As for imported goods, the tax rate is 20%. After paying the 20%, these goods are sold in Datang, and they need to pay business tax and income tax.

Finally, in fact, the taxes and fees paid on money and goods are similar.

Although it seems that they collected a lot of taxes, it probably accounted for less than 4% of their overseas trade profits, leaving more than 6% of their profits!

After all, the 10% export tariff seems to be a high proportion, but in fact, because Datang's products are cheap, even 10% is not much.

The real big deal is import duties and then sales and income taxes.

These add up to an estimated 30.00%, accounting for more than 3% of the profit.

Even so, if you earn 2 guan in one trip, even if you pay more than 3% of the tax, you will still have a profit of more than 1.3 guan!

Calculated in this way, the profit of overseas trade is still much higher than that of doing business in Datang!

Moreover, these taxes were not paid in vain. The navy also provided them with a guarantee of safety and stability, and the Datang army also provided them with a deterrent force to do business locally.

It is equivalent to creating a good road condition and business environment for them, which are very important!

Therefore, Li Ke believes that these businessmen can still figure out the account.

Besides, Li Ke just talked to them.

Asking if anyone has any objections is just going through a procedure and a formality.

If anyone really has an opinion, then Li Ke is not used to it and will be kicked out of the chamber of commerce!

Not only will you lose your share in overseas trade, but you will also be unable to do business in Datang!

After all, times have changed, but not completely.

In this era, the imperial power is still supreme, and businessmen are not worth mentioning in front of the imperial power.

If Li Ke wants to handle them, he does so casually and easily.

It's just that Li Ke wanted to create a benign business environment, so he established various rules.

But this rule was established by him, and naturally only people who abide by this rule will be admitted.

If you don't want to play by his rules, play by yourself.

Listening to Li Ke's introduction and the detailed explanation of the booklet in hand, everyone is also quickly calculating the account in their hearts.

The import and export tariff mentioned by Li Ke is indeed a very novel concept.

It was indeed the first time I heard it in this era.

In fact, the first time an institution similar to customs appeared was the Municipal Shipping Department established in Guangzhou after Li Zhi ascended the throne in history to collect taxes for overseas trade.

Now, indeed, there is no such institution, and there is no such taxation.

But when they heard that the tax rate was so high, they still couldn't help but twitch slightly.

10% export tax, just as Li Ke thought, they really didn't care much.

After all, the purchase price is very cheap, even 10% is not much. Besides, they have independent pricing power, and they can easily earn several times overseas.

在海外做生意的时候，别说10%了，他们能1%、2%、3%、甚至1%的赚回来！

The 10% export tax is almost negligible.

But the real big bang is when they come back with a lot of money and goods.

Money import tax up to 30%!

Even the import tax on goods has reached as much as 20%!

This is much higher than the previous business tax and income tax!

Moreover, what they brought back after going out was all their profits, and the amount of this wealth was very large.

Naturally, when the base of wealth is large, 20%-30% is a huge number.

Moreover, they cannot pay less import duties by bringing back all the goods, because the goods also need to be sold in Datang.

And all sales are subject to business tax and income tax, so the tax rates between the two are actually similar.

At the thought of paying so much tax, many businessmen couldn't help feeling very heartbroken.

However, everyone is a big businessman who has been with Li Ke for so long, so naturally their eyes will not be limited to the taxation in front of them.

They still see the huge profits of overseas trade!

Because they simply calculated, even if they paid more than 30.00% of the tax money, the money they made on the last trip was still much more than what they earned from doing business in Datang!

Maybe by running twice a year, you can earn more money than the previous year.

This is still the case of one boat. If you buy two more boats, you may be able to earn the profit of the previous year in one trip!

Work a little harder and make a few more trips a year, and you will be able to earn the profits of the previous years in that year!

Comparing the two, everyone understands this account in their hearts.

Although they pay more tax money, they also earn more, so they are still very interested in overseas trade and have no objection to the imposition of tariffs.

Because they also understood Li Ke's style, Li Ke seemed to be smiling and talking to them about it, and asked them if they had any objections.

It seems to be very easy to talk about.

But in fact, they are very clear in their hearts, once they have someone to say they have an opinion.

Then I'm sorry, the Chamber of Commerce can't tolerate your big Buddha, you should find another way out by yourself.

They know very well that their current status is given by Li Ke, so that their status can be improved and their children can participate in the imperial examination.

And since Li Ke can give them status, he can also deprive them of their status.

Li Ke before could do it, not to mention Li Ke who is now named the King of Qin and the next emperor of the Tang Empire!

They can make more money and continue to do business with Li Ke's subordinates, so they naturally have no objections.

"His Royal Highness, we have no objections, we will all follow your orders and act according to the government's rules!"

However, before they could open their mouths, the shopkeepers in the prince's mansions expressed their opinions to Li Ke one after another.

They didn't hesitate at all, and after listening to what Li Ke said, they nodded in agreement.

Because, before they came, the kings and dukes of the various counties had repeatedly told them to follow His Highness King Qin's orders after they arrived in Yangzhou.

They will do whatever His Royal Highness King Qin says.

Even if it sounds like they are harming their interests, they must strictly follow His Highness King Qin's instructions.

On the contrary, if they don't listen to His Royal Highness King Qin's orders and arrangements, they can just pack up and leave.

Since their own county king and Duke have said so, they naturally have nothing to hesitate, and directly express that they have no opinion.

Hearing this, Li Ke glanced at them with a smile, and nodded in satisfaction.

Before in Chang'an City, he had told those county kings and princes who supported him that the way to make a lot of money in the future would be overseas.

So each of their families sent people to Yangzhou, and Li Ke would take them with him when he started the big voyage plan.

These people presumably also received orders from various families, so they cooperated in this way.

The shopkeepers of the chamber of commerce were slightly taken aback when they saw this scene, where did these 350 people come from?

Moreover, their ideological awareness is higher than theirs, and the most important thing is their peers, how can this be tolerated?

"His Royal Highness, we fully agree with the tariffs you mentioned, and we firmly support all your policies!"

The shopkeepers of the Chamber of Commerce also expressed their opinions to Li Ke.

"Everyone has no objections, so let's sign an agreement."

Li Ke glanced at everyone and nodded in satisfaction.

Then people took out many agreements and asked them to sign.

It's nothing more than that they agreed to pay tariffs, and the Datang Navy will also protect their safety.

If any of them deliberately evades customs duties or cheats in the future, the Metropolitan Government will severely punish them!

It's the same as before, no second chances.

As long as you evade taxes, you will be deprived of all rights directly!

And it is permanently deprived!

Everyone looked at the agreement and found that there was basically no problem, and then they all signed their names and pressed their fingerprints.

"Next, go make preparations yourself. Those who buy ships buy ships, and those who recruit captains recruit captains."

"Where to do business, you have to think about it yourself."