Friday, December 02, 2011

Tax dispute of the week: Snakes in the office

What do you if you don't want to pay your tax bill?
Protests against the Indian tax system turned venomous this week when an angry snake charmer dumped three bags of around 40 poisonous snakes at officials' feet in his local tax office.

Whilst we might think is unusual the media reports of the story have such varying details that I'm wondering if it happened more than once.

Depending on which report you read there was one person or three. He/they dumped three bags in a tax office or a registry office in Basti or in Harraiya (both of which are in Northern India)





1 comment:

Contractor Accountants said...

Wow this is extreme! Was anyone hurt in the incident? The tax people had this coming if they were trying to get the man to bribe them.

Are some tax advisers paying more than they need to?

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