Problem on taxes remains to be one of the biggest woes of people especially the bigwigs who amass large amount of income. Much like in the case of Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao or even the owners of popular restaurants such as David’s Tea House who, from time to time, have to deal with the scrutiny of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
Just recently, the BIR reminded Pacquiao of his obligations, as his fight with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is now in the offing. Pacman and BIR are mired in a legal battle over the athlete’s alleged past deficient income tax and value-added tax assessments.
The tax tiff and Filipinos’ reactions highlighted that the act of paying taxes is commonly viewed as a hateful thing to do which leave lasting woes to the taxpayers who sometimes resort to cheating their obligations so as to avoid releasing large sum of money in paying their dues.
But, can anyone do what a European nobleman did in order to evade taxes that resulted in one drastic measure like blowing up his house?
In a video, uploaded by archivist British Pathé on YouTube, Marquis de Maussabre was seen blowing up his dilapidated family mansion in 1955.
This may sound absurd and some may even think that only those who are not in their proper state of mind could do such act, but it happened.
Meanwhile, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III announced recently that he will be filing such effect particular to Pacquiao’s fight with Mayweather in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 2.
Pimentel stressed that a congress-approved bill to grant special tax exemption to the boxing legend might further inspire him in his history-making megafight with American Floyd Mayweather.
The senator said that Pacman, being a Filipino, promotes the Philippines; thus, he added, the special tax incentive is a fitting tribute to the priceless package proudly promoting the country once again in the global map as he also noted that the marketing value for the country is considered “priceless.”
Watch Marquis de Maussabre’s video here:
