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Aug 24^th, 2011 at 12:22pm

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I didn't realise it was liable for taxes...
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Woman-collects-35-000-small-yahoofinanceuk-1026...

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Reply #1 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 1:02pm

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Oh that's just the government being greedy as usual.

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Reply #2 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 1:05pm

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I just looked up why would people throw change in a public area and it came up as a wishing well...

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Reply #3 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 1:44pm

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Not only is it subject to tax, but also a finders fee. ANYTHING found in Germany has to be handed into the police and if the owner comes forward, they have to pay a 10% finders fee to the finder (it is also laid down in law Shocked

). Technically, it would also cover these found coins. However, I think that the story is a bit off. When you visit a toilet in a motorway service area you will quite often find a member of the toilet police. They are "supposed" to clean etc, but spend most of their time guarding and ensuring you make a "voluntary" coinage payment for the toilet use. I think that it is this money that the boss took. I will check the German papers, a story like this will make the front page as tax evasion is a crime that pales murder and kiddy fiddling down to that of a parking ticket Angry

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Reply #4 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 2:10pm

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You wanted to live there Matt Grin

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Reply #5 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 2:18pm

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expat wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 1:44pm:

Not only is it subject to tax, but also a finders fee. ANYTHING found in Germany has to be handed into the police and if the owner comes forward, they have to pay a 10% finders fee to the finder (it is also laid down in law Shocked

). Technically, it would also cover these found coins. However, I think that the story is a bit off. When you visit a toilet in a motorway service area you will quite often find a member of the toilet police. They are "supposed" to clean etc, but spend most of their time guarding and ensuring you make a "voluntary" coinage payment for the toilet use. I think that it is this money that the boss took. I will check the German papers, a story like this will make the front page as tax evasion is a crime that pales murder and kiddy fiddling down to that of a parking ticket Angry

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Unlucky you. Here in Kenya If we find money somewhere you take it and if you are a good Samaritan you take it to the police station where they split it among themselves Grin

. But we tend to leave them be cause there are some superstitions about finding stuff like that on the streets Shocked

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Reply #6 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 2:21pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 2:10pm:

You wanted to live there Matt Grin

I was only following orders............... Grin

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Reply #7 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 2:22pm

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What manner of superstitions hyperpep? I always love to hear tales of weird things from other countries... 9 years of living in Eastern Europe left me a bit perculiar Grin

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Reply #8 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 3:02pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 2:22pm:

What manner of superstitions hyperpep? I always love to hear tales of weird things from other countries... 9 years of living in Eastern Europe left me a bit perculiar Grin

There's enough to fill a warehouse if you know where to look.
It will take me a while to remove the book which had superstitions Sad

but these ones made me chuckle and are quite commonly told when i go to visit my grandparents. Grin

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Reply #9 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 7:12pm

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hyperpep111 wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 3:02pm:

It will take me a while to remove the book which had superstitions Sad

but these ones made me chuckle and are quite commonly told when i go to visit my grandparents. Grin

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