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1 Oct 2024 07:23:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The decline of mindpower  
From: Eero Ahonen
Date: 8 Jul 2008 15:27:40
Message: <4873bfac@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
>
> I hear stories here all the time of Americans coming over, picking up 
> their shiny new BMW from the factory, driving it to some shipping agent 
> and then flying home again.  Apparently it means they can avoid some tax 
> in the US because it's not counted as a brand new car when it enters the 
> country.

So I think we may come to the conclusion: Finland != US.

:)

>> It wasn't so long ago when the news had a great story about some 
>> Estonian guy with a Finnish wife/gf - she moved his Porsche for 10m 
>> oslt and Finland started to demand them to pay cartax (that 96%) of 
>> that Porsche.
> 
> Hehe, that really is strict then.  But I guess if you have to enforce 
> that 96% tax, you can't afford to leave open any loopholes.
> 

Yep. Highest taxes would always be rounded, if possible.

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
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