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At the end of Yongxing's 13th year, Dahua's financial revenue exceeded 1.4 billion.

Moreover, Dahua began to introduce the concept of gross national product, that is, GDP.

However, this concept is not called GDP in Dahua.

In the past, Dahua officials measured the quality of economic development mainly by looking at fiscal revenue.

However, this is actually not very accurate.

For example, the total amount of wealth produced in the world last year was 100, and Dahua's tax rate was 20%, so the fiscal revenue was 20%.

This year the total amount of wealth produced in the world is still 100, but the court has increased taxes to 30%, so the tax revenue is 30%.

Fiscal revenue has increased, but the overall economic output has not developed. This cannot be said to have improved economic development. It can only be said that the state has taken more money from the people and increased the people's living burden.

Vice versa, sometimes the tax revenue does not increase much, but in fact the economic aggregate increases a lot, but the tax is confiscated and the wealth remains among the people.

In the past, Dahua's various statistical data were relatively simple and crude, so it didn't care that much. It only used fiscal revenue to measure economic development.

However, as the Dahua government becomes more mature, the areas that need improvement will naturally be gradually improved.

Since fiscal revenue cannot accurately measure economic development, then the concept of gross national product should be introduced.

Of course, Dahua can only roughly estimate this value at present.

Not to mention now, even in future generations, this kind of data can only be estimated.

The only ones that can obtain accurate data are the production data of large companies and factories, and the value data created by those with tax records.

Like those individual small businesses, who knows how much money they make.

The self-employed people on Guangzhou's parts manufacturing streets may seem inconspicuous, but their annual production value is tens of thousands.

The guy selling popsicle drinks in the city square looks inconspicuous, but his annual turnover is several thousand yuan.

For this part of GDP, the government can only calculate it based on some relatively scientific and reasonable models.

It is a calculation, not a blind guess, and the technical content is still very high.

According to calculations by people from the Bureau of Statistics, it was finally concluded that Dahua’s total production value in Yongxing for 13 years was about 35 billion yuan.

After seeing this result, Wu Changqing didn't believe it.

But people from the Bureau of Statistics swear that this is definitely a relatively accurate number.

"It seems that we still have to add some taxes."

Wu Changqing complained.

Generally speaking, if a country's fiscal revenue accounts for more than 20% of GDP, it means that the country's taxes are very high, the government's tax collection ability is very strong, and it is a powerful government.

If this part of the tax revenue comes from the wealthy, it means that the country's tax policy is very perfect.

But if most of this tax revenue comes from the poor, it means that the country is practicing tyranny and the people are living in dire straits.

But whether it is perfect or the people are in dire straits, this kind of government has a very strong mobilization ability.

And if a country's fiscal revenue accounts for less than 10% of GDP, it means that the country's tax capacity is very poor.

If it is because taxes on the rich have not been collected, then it means that this country has been controlled by financial oligarchs and is a bad country, such as...

If it is because there is no tax on the poor, then the people of this country will live an easier life.

However, it is not a good thing in the long run.

If the government's tax capacity is weak, it will have no money to build infrastructure and make strategic investments, and its development potential will be low.

In later generations, financial institutions often use it to evaluate the development prospects of a certain country. One of the important indicators is the tax rate.

Countries that cannot collect taxes often have little development potential.

Generally speaking, it is optimal for fiscal revenue to account for between 15 and 20 percent of GDP.

Of course, this also depends on the specific situation.

The GDP statistical standards of different countries are different and cannot be generalized. When it comes to the economy, it often means complexity.

Among flower growers, the income of some individual small businesses and small traders is not actually included in the statistics.

In Asan, there was a joke that cow dung was also included in GDP statistics.

Although there are some exaggerations, the gold content of Asan's GDP is definitely much worse than that of flower growers.

Even the GDP of developed countries in Europe and the United States has a lot of water content.

Some ordinary people who don't understand GDP think that other countries' economic development is very good when they see that their per capita GDP is very high. This is actually not accurate.

In some countries, a haircut costs tens of euros, and is also included in GDP.

It seems that the gross production value has been increased by several hundred yuan, but in fact it is just a haircut for people and no actual products have been produced.

A haircut at a flower garden costs more than ten yuan, and it is not included in the GDP.

Therefore, it seems that the per capita GDP of flower growers is very low.

But in fact, the various infrastructures of flower growers can surpass those in developed countries, such as high-speed rail, payment, communications, urban services, etc.

These are among the best in the world.

With a lower GDP, you can call yourself a developing country and get some preferential policies in world trade.

The low-key and humble style of the flower grower actually takes a big advantage in this kind of game rules.

When Sichuan Jian and Guo angrily said that their sisters would also become developing countries, and insisted that flower growers were developed countries, they were not joking, but really depressed.

Closer to home, Wu Changqing was surprised when he saw that Dahua’s fiscal revenue only accounted for 4% of its GDP.

A high proportion does not mean that the country is not good.

But if the proportion is low, it will definitely not work.

Whether it is underpaying the rich or underpaying ordinary people, it is not conducive to the long-term development of a country.

That’s why he came up with the idea of ​​raising taxes.

When those officials heard that Wu Changqing said that taxes needed to be increased, they all wanted to kneel down and say, "Your Majesty is wise."

Although these officials don't know what proportion of fiscal revenue is appropriate, they feel it.

They intuitively feel that Dahua’s current taxes are too low.

You know, in the past, at least half of people's income had to be turned over.

But now, people's income is only 10% at most.

In addition, the imperial court provided seeds and fertilizers to the people at low prices, which was actually equivalent to confiscating taxes.

If not for this, the living conditions of the people of Dahua would not have undergone such earth-shaking changes.

An ordinary farmer's family can not only eat and drink enough, but also eat meat once or twice a month.

Isn't this how the small landowners lived in the past?

In this case, it is reasonable to raise taxes slightly.