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How Not To… Pay Taxes

Live in Italy. That’s the short answer.

Italy has an untaxed (read contraband; black and gray market) economy that equals the combined gross domestic products of Finland, Portugal, Romania and Hungary. According to Italy’s tax revenues, 25% of the country makes less than € 6,000 per year, and 95% make less than € 40,000. Restaurant owners appear to earn less than police officers, and jewelers earn less than schoolteachers.

According to the International Herald Tribune:

The owner of an office cleaning firm in Rome divides workers into two categories: “Those who are wily and don’t pay taxes, and those who are stupid and do.”

So the outgoing Italian government decides to post every taxpayer’s salary details on the web.

Utility:
1 I like Tariffs and Taxes2 I would rather watch TMZ.3 I wonder what Paris is doing.4 Well, this is rather irrelevant5 For the effort...6 Huh, really?7 Interesting... do go on.8 A new wrinkle for my brain9 I think a whole new lobe just appeared10 For the win! (3 votes, average: 9 out of 10)
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