Measures to improve the welfare of Imperial Rheinland

[Kaiserreich Rheinland]

>> Kaiserreich Exchequer Office

Due to the high levels of money misappropriation by civil servants, false claims of public funding aimed to support and to create the infrastructure needed by the citizens of Rheinland, our Kaiser has decreed that an Imperial position shall be created to control the Imperial Treasury and Audit the Local Imperial Authorities..

The new office will be chiefly responsible for the main accounting of the Imperial Account. All related documents will be transmitted to the Imperial Exchequer Office and will be processed accordingly. The results will be sent to the Kaiser and 1 week from the moment of the receival by the Kaiser's office, it will be publicly displayed on the appropriate Imperial Exchequer Monitor.

>> Role

The department will be responsible for collection and the management of taxes and revenues, of making payments on behalf of the Imperial Government and auditing local Imperial Authorities and corporations or companies. The Exchequer Office will closely work with the Imperial Legal Services to bring the persons found committing misappropriation of governmental goods or funds or appropriation without necessary audit trail as well as towards persons which are related in any way shape or form to the accuser and they are found to be providing unsatisfactory services for the received funds.

The Exchequer Office represents also the Rheinland Imperial Bank, which is a semi-autonomous entity within the department, being able to control its own monetary policies.

>> Responsibilities

The Office of Imperial Exchequer will be involved in creating annual budgets for the Government spending and for the local Planetary Authorities.

The Office of Imperial Exchequer will entrusted to create budgets for each Ministry within the Government and adjust as needed.

>> Enforcement

Enforcement of police-related activities shall be done by the special department of Imperial Financial Investigations within the Rheinland Imperial Police and DSK. These entities will be able to exercise their power over all economical institutions and companies which receives Governmental funds or are in charge with gathering any revenue.

>> Punishment

If an Exchequer Audit reveals that that a certain institution had misappropriated any funds or that there is a variable from the Budgeted Expenses without proper explanation, the Exchequer Office will have the authority to prosecute the guilty person in Rheinland Imperial Courts. Sentences can vary from recovery of provided funds to either prison or execution in the most severe cases of malfeasance.

Rheinland Imperial Police and DSK will have the right to board any ship registered under the suspected company or having any relations with the suspected person or company and they can proceed to search the ship and the databases for any records regarding illicit financial gains. Ship can and will be impounded, as well as property seized, if the person is found guilty on any of the charges.

[Kaiserreich Rheinland]

>> Measures to combat money laundering, corruption and fund misappropriation within Kaiserreich Rheinland.

The Imperial Exchequer Office considers corruption and misappropriation of funds to be the main cause of the substandard financial situation within Rheinland, thus making it the main focus of the Exchequer Office to combat and to implement measures which will help secure and monitor the revenue and spending of the Imperial Government.

The corruption within the former borders of the Federal Republic of Rheinland, now the Kaiserreich Rheinland, is having a major impact on the citizens on Imperial Rheinland, as this may deprive them of access to better facilities and Medical treatment, better infrastructure, quality of services ,social programs and it may erode the citizen trust in the government.

In the past, there were reports of corruption within the Governmental Services and a misappropriation of funds, through various transfers done between departments or companies, without keeping a clear and clean audit trail.

Therefore, the Imperial Office of Exchequer will focus its attention towards both government organisations and corporations/companies/local businesses, using the latest technologies to capture, analyse and share data in an effort to prevent, detect and deter any corruption acts.

The Imperial Exchequer Office, in collaboration with the Rheinland Imperial Police, is creating house-wide initiatives, such as:

• Provision of clear guidelines regarding the usage of governmental funds, both revenue and spending related issues.
  
• Trimester audits to all economical entities within Kaiserreich Rheinland.
  
• Assistance in the implementation of transparency and accountability of Corporations/Companies/Local Businesses.
  
• Creation of strategic spending plans and budgets for the Imperial Government and monitoring of any variances, creating changes as required to better reflect the reality in the field.
  
• Engagement in meetings and provision of trainings in anti-corruption methods and ethical codes with the Corporations/Companies/Local Businesses and Local Imperial Authorities.
  
• Assistance and coordination with Rheinland Imperial Police to identify and return any misappropriated funds or goods.
  
• Monitor of the revenue of citizens and corporations/government local authorities to identify any possible source of illicit funds and proceed to investigate it.
  
• Creating and working closely with law enforcement agencies to bring accused persons to justice and prosecute them.
  
• Promoting transparency and access to information regarding budgets. (exceptions being Law Enforcement agencies and Military spending, as these are classified as State Secret)
  
• Empowering the Citizens to be able to ask and demand for any related documents and issues, even proposing ways of dealing with the House finances in a better way. (Exception being the budgets of Law Enforcement Agencies and Military spending)
  
• Closure of inter-house financial loopholes, by having any Rheinlandic Corporation/Company/Local business from declaring their registration on the so called financial heavens if they operate within Rheinland and will be required to adhere to the Kaiserliche Einnahmen und Investitionsplan (KEI).