source:::::: T.N. Ninan iN Business Standard…
Natarajan
A friend with a business base in Singapore once got a call from the island-state’s tax authorities; they wanted to pay him a visit. Being an Indian, he was naturally alarmed at the prospect, so he got his assistant to say he was not in the office. The next day the call came again; among the thoughts that now crossed his mind was to catch the first flight out of Singapore, for fear of the local taxman. It eventually turned out to be a taxwoman, smartly dressed in a business suit and armed with a briefcase. After the initial introductions, they sat down and the lady told the businessman that the Singapore tax authorities were very happy with his record as a corporate citizen who paid his taxes. She had come to express the tax department’s appreciation. She then snapped open her briefcase, pulled out a Montblanc pen, reached across and offered it to the businessman as a gift from the tax authorities. “I could have fainted,” he recalled. She also left behind her business card; “Call me if you have any problems on taxes,” she said as a parting word !!!!
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