Loose change

[ozzy72]

I didn't realise it was liable for taxes...
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Woman- ... 92745.html

[Club508]

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

[hyperpep111]

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

[expat]

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 ). 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

Matt

[ozzy72]

You wanted to live there Matt

[hyperpep111]

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 ). 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

Matt

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

[expat]

You wanted to live there Matt

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

Matt

[ozzy72]

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

[hyperpep111]

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

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

[H]

It will take me a while to remove the book which had superstitions but these ones made me chuckle and are quite commonly told when i go to visit my grandparents.

Check your PM which was in response to this post.