Chapter 349: Taxation is the Real Big Daddy! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

At the entrance of the Guangming District Court, Wang Daoren was with Jiang Hao, his face full of excitement.

Everything I lost, I will take it all back!

Everyone says that Wang Daoren has become the shame of lawyers, that he is bound to lose any lawsuit he takes on—and if he loses, he loses—but he even gets complained about every single time; yet, this time is different!

He has confidence, and he has certainty; most importantly, this case was introduced by Zhou Yi...

If the Wang Daoren of the past was a man who believed in nothing, then now, after experiencing so much, he cannot help but believe a little that there really is such a thing as destiny in the dark.

At the very least, from what he has seen, that handsome guy surnamed Zhou never seems to lose a lawsuit...

So, under such circumstances, the lawsuit introduced by the other party cannot possibly be lost; the plan is solid.

Jiang Hao naturally did not understand this excitement of his, only feeling that this Lawyer Wang was a bit strange.

"Alright, let's go in. I don't think the opposing company will ever expect us to file a claim for tort."

There is nothing much to say about the process of case filing review; Huo Pengfei might not be as good as Lawyer Fang, but he still has his level of skill.

Once they reach their level, they are no longer constrained by legal articles; must one look at the Labor Law when it comes to labor issues? That is certainly not the case—we say whatever is advantageous to us.

After coming out of the case filing hall, Jiang Hao hesitated for a moment before asking: "Lawyer Wang, do you think we can sue that company through other aspects as well?"

Then, Jiang Hao recounted the advice Zhou Yi had given him.

Huh? Wang Daoren was stunned; he did indeed often take some crooked paths, but he had never thought in these directions before.

But now, pondering it like this, he suddenly felt that there was great potential; Wang Daoren felt that he had broken through a bottleneck!

A few days passed in a flash, and the heat on the internet began to subside; after all, there was already an official report.

Many reporters wanted to interview the senior management of that company, but they were all rejected.

In their words: there is already an investigation result, and there is no situation of excessive overtime, so our company should not bear responsibility; if the other party has any other thoughts, we suggest they take the legal route.

This last sentence is the key point; no matter who asks, it is always this sentence: suggest taking the legal route.

Labor issues must go to arbitration, and there are many problems within that; according to the company's legal counsel, it is impossible for the other party to file a lawsuit.

And today, General Manager Xu was still scolding an Employee as usual.

Although we often say that everyone is out here working for a living—those who give you face call you a leader, and those who don't think you're just a piece of trash—the fact remains that a worker is inherently in a weak position when facing company leadership.

Because of this, many company executives like to scold people.

"Do you want to keep working or not? If you don't want to work, get out of here immediately!" General Manager Xu roared at the Employee in front of him.

The man in front of him was already forty-five years old this year, an extremely awkward age; with old parents above and young children below, having finally found a job at this company, he naturally could not just leave.

Ever since he was laid off from his old company, he had been looking for work everywhere; the older one gets, the more awkward it becomes, because many industries really do not need your so-called twenty years of experience—a college graduate who just finished school can do a good job after working for a year.

So there was no other way; he could only force himself to endure, being lectured like a grandson by General Manager Xu, who was younger than him.

At this moment, the office door was knocked, and soon General Manager Xu's Secretary walked in.

"General Manager Xu, the front desk just received a Summons from the Guangming District Court; that... that Sun Tiantian has sued us."

What? General Manager Xu said with a face full of rage: "She sued us? On what grounds is she suing us? Didn't Lawyer Liu say before that it was basically impossible for the other party to file a lawsuit? Didn't he say they had to go to Arbitration first?"

The Secretary could not say a word, but the Summons and the Copy of the Complaint in their hands could not be faked.

General Manager Xu took the documents and glanced at them casually, his brows furrowing; the other party had indeed sued them directly, but it was not the work-related injury compensation they had been discussing, but a Tort!

It claimed that their company forced employees to stay up late continuously, leading to problems with the other party's physical health, requiring hospitalization and treatment, and demanding compensation for Medical Expenses, Transportation Expenses, food and lodging expenses, Lost Wages, mental distress damages, and a series of other costs...

It can only be said that Lawyer Wang is a talent; in his words, since they have to sue anyway, they might as well add everything that can be added, and there are reasons for all of it.

The amount of the Litigation subject matter is very high, especially high; why? You need to know what Risk Agency is.

Lawyer Wang likes Risk Agency the most...

The Secretary went to call the legal counsel, and soon the legal counsel arrived; seeing the Summons, they were also completely dumbfounded.

They had previously firmly believed that it was absolutely impossible for the other party to file a lawsuit, and even if they went to Arbitration, the possibility of Case Filing was not high.

Because there was no evidence; records like clocking in for work meant nothing, not to mention that the authorities had already issued a report.

But they did not expect the other party to find another way, starting from the perspective of a Tort, which immediately exceeded the legal counsel's scope of thinking.

They were actually just like Liu Shiwen, having stayed in the company for a long time and having done non-litigation work for too long; when it came to agility of thought, they were simply no match for a lawyer like Huo Pengfei who went to Court every day.

Upon seeing the claim for a Lawsuit for Infringement, their first reaction was that it was impossible!

"This, this isn't right; when did we commit a Tort? This..."

As they spoke, they could not continue, because no matter how one looked at it, this Indictment seemed very reasonable.

The other party is no longer talking to you about Labor Law; they are talking directly about the Civil Code and the Tort Liability Law. With such a result, a causal relationship, and corresponding evidence, it is a complete claim!

At this moment, they suddenly remembered why Jiang Hao had asked that question, asking if it was their company that required Sun Tiantian to stay up late...

General Manager Xu's brows furrowed: "How is it? Are our chances of winning this lawsuit high?"

The legal counsel hesitated for a moment before saying: "As of now, our chances of winning are quite high, because it is difficult for them to prove that excessive staying up late was the trigger that led to the damage to their physical health."

This is indeed a big problem; it requires a professional institution to make an appraisal!

Fortunately, with Huo Pengfei's advice, Sun Tiantian's family had long ago invited relevant institutions to start the appraisal; because of the content mentioned earlier, they did not need to fully prove that this was definitely caused by staying up late, they only needed to prove that it was highly likely.

General Manager Xu stopped talking, thinking silently, weighing how to handle this matter.

And on the other side, the middle-aged man sighed; young, it really is good.

The news of the Lawsuit was reported; Sun Tiantian's father had now tasted the sweetness, and those Self-Media would pay before reporting, but what their family lacked was money.

Many Netizens expressed support for this behavior; A Yi's seriousness is just his personal seriousness, but this society needs more people who are serious, otherwise these companies will always remain arrogant.

And under such circumstances, accompanied by Wang Daoren, Jiang Hao walked into the Guangming District Tax Department.

This was all learned from A Yi's videos: report, try to report in reality, and be sure to collect relevant evidence before reporting.

Wang Daoren intended to risk it all this time; he specifically invited an old friend in finance to help. The biggest problem with the live-streaming company and the Anchors under it is the issue of Tax Evasion!

Why? Because this belongs to an emerging industry, and its industry characteristics are very distinct.

The sources of income are very broad and diverse, and calculating them is extremely complicated; some take a salary, some only take a share of the tips, some can only get money after reaching a certain flow according to the contract, and so on.

Moreover, the level of personnel in this industry is uneven; for some, saying they are Legal Blind is a compliment. One needs to be clear about one point: many people have been pitted by the term Reasonable Tax Avoidance.

The field of finance and taxation is another industry that requires professional accounting knowledge to navigate; to a layman, looking at those things is like reading a heavenly book.

Why else would people say that a top-tier accountant can help you reasonably save a lot of money, and then end up going inside with you—you tell me, is that being good to you or not?

In our country's taxation, apart from those clearly stipulated deductions like renting or mortgage interest, which is called Reasonable Tax Avoidance, for other things—like when your income is already in the hundreds of millions but you register a small micro-enterprise to use its tax rate for so-called Reasonable Tax Avoidance—do you take the Tax Department for fools?

The top marginal rate for individual income tax is forty-five percent, while the tax rate for small micro-enterprises is only a fraction of that, not to mention that many regions also have preferential tax policies...

This is exactly what a certain live-streaming Anchor did; you might say she must have had professional financial personnel handle it when she did it, but why was she still investigated for Tax Evasion afterward and fined until she had nothing left?

You can play around with our country's taxation, but everything about playing around is built on the premise that the Tax Department hasn't investigated you; once they really start investigating, you will witness the power of this.

Facts have proven that this Company's legal department doesn't seem very smart, and the finance department also seems a bit off...

To the extent that the tax issues were like lice on Lawyer Fang's head—plain to see, with too many loopholes.

Anyway, when Jiang Hao submitted the relevant evidence to the Tax Department staff, the other party was also stunned.

The situation in this live-streaming industry is quite interesting; I feel like we could investigate all the other live-streaming platforms in Jingzhou...

The development of events has exceeded Manager Xu's expectations; while they were still waiting for the Court hearing, the Tax Department staff suddenly showed up to audit their accounts!

People know their own business best; their Company hasn't been doing things by the book this past year, but Jingzhou has always been relatively lenient regarding taxation, and sometimes if you don't go too far, they just turn a blind eye and let it pass.

The Tax Department is actually just like the Court; it is also a department extremely lacking in personnel, especially professional ones.

Therefore, it is impossible for them to cover every detail.

And since the other party has come to investigate, it means they have already grasped some things; Manager Xu is no longer in the mood to think about Sun Tiantian.

Losing that lawsuit would only mean paying a few hundred thousand, but if problems arise with taxation, the Company will be fined until it is completely gutted!

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At Tengda Company, Zhou Yi is still the same as ever; his life lately has been very carefree.

Every day he comes to work to play some games, or chat for a while with Manager Chu who has a very big conscience, or go find Lawyer Fang to talk about some rather bizarre cases, and incidentally chat with Zhou Cainiao who also has a very big conscience.

Life is very comfortable.

It's just that there is one problem: the final event of the current stage of the system grandson has still not been activated, which leaves Zhou Mouren a bit at a loss as to what to do.

Fortunately, he has always been one to go with the flow.

While wandering around the Company, he saw Jiang Hao on the side.

"How did your lawsuit go?" Zhou Yi asked.

"Hello, General Manager Zhou, my lawsuit has already been settled through Mediation," Jiang Hao smiled.

"Settled? That company was actually willing to settle with you?" Now it was Zhou Yi's turn to be dumbfounded.

"General Manager Zhou, didn't you tell me that day to be more proactive? I didn't even expect that the company's Tax Evasion situation would be so serious."

As Jiang Hao spoke, Zhou Yi finally understood the situation.

With problems in taxation, the Company's senior management was frantic, and upon hearing that the other party still intended to continue reporting their Company to the Fire Department and the Market Supervision Department, they finally caved.

With too many "fathers" to answer to, no one had done this in the past, but if even one person took it seriously and used evidence collected by a professional Lawyer to report them, they would have a hard time.

Consequently, the Company rushed to reach a Mediation, and after the judge's explanation, they ultimately paid seventy percent of the Litigation claim amount!

Although it was seventy percent, it was still a significant amount, because it involved many expenses.

Wang Daoren made a fortune and increasingly believes that Risk Agency is the true home for a Lawyer; it is said that now he spends all day thinking about doing another Risk Agency case...

With this money, his girlfriend finally pulled through and has now been transferred to a general ward.

Speaking of this, Jiang Hao suddenly blushed a little, fidgeted, and still asked: "General Manager Zhou, does our Company have any rules prohibiting office romances?"

Originally he intended to ask Ma Yao, but now that General Manager Zhou was here, and having gradually come to understand this General Manager Zhou, he knew the other party was a good person.

"Did you study the Company's rules and regulations during your training before?" Zhou Yi asked in return.

"Ah, I did."

"Then that's it, why are you asking me!"

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he walked away with his hands behind his back; Jiang Hao thought for a long time and suddenly became happy.

Zhou Mouren's meaning was that the Company's rules are just those few; if you didn't find any relevant regulations within them, then naturally there are no regulations—it's that simple.

There are no such things as hidden rules; Law without prohibition is permitted!

Zhou Yi walked through the Company with his hands behind his back; he was also very happy to see someone succeed in taking things seriously.

As for his side, the agreed-upon fifteen working days had already passed, yet there was still no movement from the other party.

Now, after searching for information from various sources, Zhou Yi has roughly figured it out: the Slow Application itself was developed by major mobile phone Manufacturers, targeting the Small Program, claiming it allows you to use it without downloading an app and doesn't take up memory.

But through some detection methods, one can know that this thing still takes up memory.

The most critical point is that this thing belongs to the phone's pre-installed programs; it can be closed through various methods, but it cannot be truly uninstalled directly!

Most importantly, through exchanges with those Netizens online, it seems that the pre-installed software on phones, that is, these built-in apps, are becoming more and more numerous...