Den Gale Kong Longkorn af Bayern

Det tager en time at læse men er en magnum opus af historie, politik, psykologi:

Den thailandske konges lykkeland på et skihotel i alperne.

Og nu vi taler arveafgift, var det lige ved at kongen mistede nogle penge at forgifte sig selv og sine omgivelser med

The Greens also began pressing for answers about Vajiralongkorn’s failure to pay inheritance tax after Bhumibol’s death. Residents of Germany — defined for tax purposes as being in the country for more than 180 days in any tax year — are obliged to pay 30 percent inheritance tax, regardless of nationality or diplomatic status. It remains unclear how much Vajiralongkorn inherited when Bhumibol died — German media speculated it was around €10 billion which would mean he owed €3 billion to the state of Bavaria, but arguably the assets of the Crown Property Bureau could be regarded as part of his inheritance which would mean a tax bill of at least €18 billion. On top of this, he should have paid property tax on his two luxury villas on Lake Starnberg too.

Vajiralongkorn’s servants made amateurish efforts to avoid tax liability, taping a handwritten note to the doorbell at the gates of the Tutzing mansion claiming it was actually the embassy of Thailand, an impossibility since the embassy is, of course, in Berlin.

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