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.