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TAX-Park
The German tax police have a grudge against their national hero, tennis player Boris Becker. The matter even went as far as prosecution.
It all started in December 1996, when numerous financial papers were found in Becker's villa in Munich. Officially, from 1985 to 1993, the tennis player lived in the so-called “tax paradise for the rich” - the Principality of Monaco. However, the investigation found that all this time Becker lived at home in Germany.
Now the idol of German fans will have to pay the treasury 10 million marks in income tax.
Love tax
Japanese local authorities were given a free hand: the country's government allowed them to introduce their own, regional taxes. Whatever they want, as long as there is profit. In the Tokyo and Osaka areas, they immediately took on the banks and imposed an “activity” tax on them. And in Yokohama, which is not a financial center, the administration's gaze fell on brothels.
Japanese brothels do not have political support, geishas do not have trade unions, therefore, there is no one to defend their interests. And there is a lot of money in the entertainment industry. According to analysts, all brothels in Japan collectively bring their owners about $370 billion a year. Some of the "love hotels" (as the Japanese call brothels) are used by their owners to evade taxes.
However, Yokohama authorities say that even if they manage to solve all the problems with the brothels and their owners (who are mostly closely associated with the yakuza - the Japanese mafia), there will still not be enough money for the needs of the area. It's not the geisha's fault for financial problems.
The unemployed were taxed in Kazakhstan
Almaty's unemployed are now subject to "earnings" tax. This is what the city administration decided.
Seifullin Avenue in the capital of Kazakhstan is a kind of labor exchange. Unemployed people came there from all over the city in the hope that they would be “found” and offered at least some kind of income. Now local police officers demand 250 tenge (about 50 rubles) per day from each of them.
The avenue is empty.
Transport tax in Chinese
If all the Chinese decided to drive cars, the gasoline crisis would come much earlier. So they immediately got on their bikes.
There are at least 10 million cyclists in Beijing alone. The Chinese tax police decided to turn this fact to the benefit of the state. And for ten years now, the Chinese have been paying a bicycle tax.
The amount is extremely small: in terms of our money, it is about 15 rubles per year. But nevertheless, more than half of bicycle owners are malicious taxpayers. Maybe because the fine for non-payment of tax is even less: from 10 rubles.