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Old 15th July 2008 | 22:13
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rubik101
 
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You could try a search of 'Tax' threads here on PPRUNE and read some of the previous history on this subject.
I moved to Germany many years ago and thought I was 'under the radar' working in one EU country and living in another. After many quiet and uneventful years I received a rude awakening when a demand for unpaid taxes arrived from the UK taxman. They required all the unpaid tax plus a non-payment fine plus a non-negotiable payment for the interest on the unpaid arrears. The rate was well above the bank rate. Total amount, horrendous.
If you think you are clever enough to avoid paying tax, believe me, you are not. Try it if you like and if you get away with it, all well and good. If you get caught, it is very, very expensive. Ask Boris Becker and Michael Schumacher et.al. MS narrowly avoided prison.
Just accept that you will pay taxes and eventually die, both are unavoidable unless you are very, very rich, and then it's only one of them!
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