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A CD containing information about people who haven't paid their taxes has been offered to the German government. But a government spokesperson said today that they haven't decided whether they are going to pay the 2.5 million euros for this CD yet.
The total value of the tax reportedly amounts to 100 million euros. Is the CD genuine? Does it contain useful data? Five names from the CD have been provided in order to prove its value, each owing at least half a million euros in unpaid taxes.
The legal situation has not yet been made clear, with Germany's defence minister, Karl zu Guttenberg stating that he was ''uncomfortable with the use of stolen data'' but that his opinion did not necessarily reflect that of the government.
The leaked data has raised a moral dilemma within Germany. The question of whether it is right, or wrong for German citizens to avoid paying tax while other role models such as Boris Becker simply take advantage of tax loopholes.
People are now asking themselves if this is a crime, what should be the punishment? One thing for sure is that a long hard examination is needed of the financial system that has allowed this to happen in the first place.
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