Thursday 21 May 2009

The German Tax Man Forgives Nothing

Ah, here's an area where Eastern Europeans can work without necessarily having to produce their permits.

If you're a student and have something precious to sell - something so dear that you can only give away, errr… sell away only once – you don't need to show your visa, permit, registration card or whatever they call it nowadays.

But in Germany the tax man makes sure he always gets his cut. Find out what this Romanian student sold and why she has to pay 50% of her earnings to the state from this article in the Daily Mail.

"She would have been better off keeping quiet about this strange transaction," one tax expert told the Mail.

Yes, but how can a girl make sure she gets her 5 minutes of fame and is the envy of her class if she keeps quiet about such an important deal?

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