In the United States, when you’re accused of tax evasion you have lots of legal recourse, including fighting the charges within the IRS’ appeals process, and then Tax Court. However, in Argentina it appears things work differently.
Just two days before Argentina’s match in the World Cup, Buenos Aires Province tax authorities confiscated a taxpayers’ $2000 plasma television. According to Juan Manuel Prada, a provincial tax official, quoted in All Headline News, “We’ve taken the plasma as a guarantee against the debt he owes.”
The unlucky taxpayer will have to either find a sports bar or perhaps his old television will suffice.