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After the hunt, the two Awoken sat in a cafe and talked.
“The point is really convenient.”
“So.”
Both of them came to the Awakened after hearing the rumors.
At first, I was embarrassed by the system completely different from other dungeons, but as I got used to the system, I couldn’t be more comfortable than this.
“I don’t carry a wallet at all these days.”
“me too.”
“By the way, the only complaint I have is that points cannot be converted back into cash?”
Then the Awoken laughed and said:
“Are you saying that? If that’s possible, is that the point? It’s just cash.”
“It’s just saying. Because the points keep accumulating. I want to know how to do this.”
The Awoken said with a calm expression.
“How are you? It’s not just about hunting for one day. I think I’ll keep hunting here for a while, but I can’t use it here.”
“Still, it would be great if it was possible to exchange between members.”
“You can think of it as just putting money in the bank. No interest, of course.”
“Isn’t it supposed to run away late at night? Then all those points will be blown away.”
Then the Awoken said with an absurd expression.
“CEO Jung’s night escape? Does that make sense? All the land around here is a business owner, but just for the point, you left this land and ran away at night?”
In order for points to be used as currency, trust in safety was required.
The reason why Dangjin’s points are trusted and used is the scale of wealth that Insoo Jeong possesses.
“How much money do you have to make a night escape for that person?”
“Is that enough?”
“Didn’t you hear the story? Did you know that the human wealth is at least tens of billions, and rumors say that it is hundreds of billions?”
“Wow… you’re that rich?”
said the Awoken, gazing at.
“I woke up and put some strength on my shoulders, but it’s not good for a really rich person. In any case, there is no way it will be eaten away.”
“Of course. Anyway, let’s not worry about such useless things and just do what we have to do and work hard.”
“very good.”
An additional 200 hunters flocked to the Dangjin dungeon, which was about 450 people.
The total number of Awakened people in Korea increased slightly to 4,000, of which 16% are in Dangjin.
Considering that almost half of the dungeons are concentrated in Seongbuk-gu, it has finally reached a level similar to that of the other three dungeons.
In addition, hunters are still constantly influxing, so if this upward trend continues for a while, Korea’s second-largest dungeon city after Seongbuk-gu dungeon is not a dream.
“Would you like to increase the number of merchants?”
As the number of hunters increased by 1.5 times, there were a number of hunters who did not receive benefits due to the upper limit of points.
Unlocking the upper limit of points is a way, but from my point of view, it is not bad to raise new merchants and raise awareness among existing merchants.
Anyway, whether the merchant is 20 or 40, the money returned to me is the same, so it doesn’t matter if it’s me.
“Then we pick 20 more places…”
I said with a smile.
“The upper limit of points is 100 million.”
The number of existing merchants is 300 million, which means that it is only one-third.
The core of merchants’ sales power in the current market is the point, and if you give them 10,000 per 3 minutes, they will give preferential treatment to existing merchants, and above all, merchants are more difficult and afraid of me.
In order not to drop the point cap.
And now to stay in place.
What if the National Tax Service wants to impose legal sanctions on merchants for tax evasion and at the same time try to entangle me?
Then you only need to say two words to the merchant.
I will leave the seat empty.
I will keep the upper limit.
Then the merchant will take everything to keep his place.
Because there is no merchant who doesn’t know that if he can keep his position, he will be able to come back again.
In reality, I am not benefiting from tax savings on the surface, so there is no way for the IRS to tie me up when the merchant shuts his mouth.
I said with a smile.
“Let’s recruit more merchants.”
A merchant said, looking at the newly opened store with a confused expression.
“A competitor.”
“right.”
“Oh, I can’t say anything about this.”
No one wants more competition.
But, among the merchants in this market, who can oppose Jeong In-soo?
I can only do it quietly and suffer.
“Instead, the upper limit of points is only 100 million won.”
I was worried that the number of merchants would suddenly double and my income would be cut in half, but the upper limit of points is only 1/3 of theirs.
said the merchant with a smile.
“okay? That’s fine.”
“Well. Is it really okay? I am more concerned.”
“what?”
“Even if not, I was busy keeping an eye on Mr. Jung, but now the upper limit is a problem. If I hate it for nothing and then President Jung touches the upper limit, the sales won’t plummet as it is. Now it’s not about noticing, it’s about crawling under your feet.”
Then the merchant smiled and said,
“How about that? You can think of it the other way around.”
“the opposite?”
“It means that if you look good, you may raise the upper limit even more. Wouldn’t it be great if we made a lot of money? It’s not like self-esteem feeds you. Just like you bow to the Hunters anyway, you can bow to President Jung as well. President Jung still takes care of those who listen to him well.”
“That’s… it is. yes you are right Since when did we do business with pride in ourselves?”
As the number of hunters increased and the market grew, the Dangjin Dungeon City grew steadily.
And, of course, there is a trick to such growth.
“president.”
Jaejin Lee said.
“It is said that an official of the National Tax Service has come to the market.”
I said with a smile.
“Come.”
Rumors have already been circulating from the Hunters, so there’s no way the National Tax Service doesn’t know about it.
I got up from my seat and said.
“let’s go.”
As we approached the market, we could hear the sound of an argument between an IRS official and a merchant.
“I never did tax evasion! But why are you investigating me!”
“There have been reports of illegal tax evasion. Please respond to the investigation.”
I went to the market and said.
“what happened?”
A merchant who was arguing with a government official looked at me and bowed his head.
“Did you come? Mr. Jung.”
“Yes. hello. I came here because the market was noisy, but what happened?”
The merchant said with a look of regret.
“No, I’m going to die because I’m so unfair that I’m accusing me of some kind of criminal because I came here and received a tax evasion report!”
“okay?”
I looked at the official and said.
“What kind of report did you receive?”
The official said with a determined expression.
“This is a tax evasion report. This is a report of illegally evading taxes.”
I nodded and said.
“okay. You can’t break the law while living in Korea.”
I looked at the merchant and said.
“president. Have you ever done anything illegal?”
“Is that possible!”
“okay? Then please cooperate.”
Then the merchant said with a surprised expression.
“Yes?”
“If you do something illegal, you should be punished. But aren’t we proud? isn’t it? Then there is no reason not to respond to the investigation.”
After my words gave the merchant an anxious expression, I approached the merchant and spoke quietly.
“Do not worry. It will be fine.”
The merchant nodded to see if my words had given him confidence and told the official.
“Take it all! Take everything you need for the investigation! Because I am proud!”
The head of the tax evasion team, who checked the transaction details received from the merchant, said with a smile.
“This···”
The team leader thought that it was just about swapping items that are common among merchants these days, but when he checked the transaction details, the contents were even more serious.
“It’s a point. Such crazy.”
Tax evasion is a method of avoiding special taxes by using points instead of payment for goods.
no.
Should this be considered tax evasion?
“manager. Point payment details are all different.”
One of the team members said with a serious expression.
“There are those who have only received 20% of the transaction price, and there are those who have not received 30% or not at all … If this happens, it will not be easy to prove that the points are part of the price of the goods and are in return.”
In general, points are paid at a fixed rate.
1% or 0.4% of sales, and so on.
So you can see at a glance that the points are part of the sales.
But this is really a middle-of-the-road heating system.
In this case, the points are not part of the price of the goods, but rather a service that is offered as a bonus by a trader in the market.
“If you push the concept of the service provided by the union as a token of appreciation for the transaction, it will be a headache.”
The price of the goods is clearly lower than those of other local merchants and there are many points, so it is certain that he avoided taxes with points, but the evidence is too vague.
In the end, the Awakened themselves wanted to sell it cheap, so they sold it cheaply.
If there is consistency, I’ll try to weave it with it, but it’s not.
Of course, there is no way.
“Or amend the law.”
The manager said with a firm expression on his face.
“Or hit the point system itself.”
If it is in this state now, it becomes a legal tax-saving that is really difficult to touch.
“Taxing points?”
The team members scratched their heads and said.
“It is possible, but this … the general tax law is applied, not the special tax law. The special tax law is based on the transaction amount to the last.”
It takes time for laws to be amended.
However, it cannot be overlooked until the law is amended.
The manager got up from his seat and said.
“Let’s hit Dangjin’s point system itself.”
A few days later, an official came to me.
“Did you do your research well?”
“···Yes.”
“Were there any illegal activities?”
“There was such a thing as missing some sales. You will probably be fined.”
Officials who do not comment on the points.
I said with a smile.
“That’s good. How sleepy it was.”
Then the official who looked at me for a long time said:
“You did a good job. Let me be honest. It is very vague to impose legal sanctions. They evaded special tax laws very cleverly.”
I said with a look of what that meant.
“Did you use your hair well?”
“The point. A point system created by President Jung.”
“Ahh. Points made by the union for merchants and hunters? Does that matter?”
The official looked at me and said.
“It’s not a problem because it’s not a problem. Are you going to keep playing with puns like this?”
“I just created a point system, but I’m not really involved in it, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
As I continued to be ignorant, the official said with a raised eyebrow.
“This is advice and warning. This expedient will one day become an arrow to President Jung and return. Reduce the point system. Either by fixing the percentage of points to be small, or by reducing the amount of issuance. If it is too late, the point system itself may be abolished with various reasons. If you do not comply, you will have to prepare yourself for a tax investigation.”
I said with a surprised expression at the official’s intimidation.
“Gosh. It’s a tax audit. It’s so scary.”
“Are you making fun of me now?”
“Is it possible? I’m really scared. When officials say that, you have to obey. Because I am a good citizen who obeys the law. By the way···”
I said with a smile.
“I don’t know if other people will agree.”