Originally Posted by
langleybaston
As opposed to the truth: that civilians overseas lived virtually free in MQs, and, if a spouse worked in, say JHQ, the spouse "avoided" any income tax, be it UK tax or German.
This latter was so widespread and ran so high in "rank"/ grade that nobody dared stop it.
Understand that a friend told me this.
No different to other NATO inter country agreements like our cheap booze, fags and petrol coupons. I did fall foul of French customs, jerry cans and BFG plates once. Mistake never made again.