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TAX BILL ADDRESSED TO MAN'S GRAVE IN FRANCE; ARMENIAN MAYOR REPORTED SHOCKED
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/08/autheuil/
17:15 ~U 08.05.13
A tax bill has been addressed to a particular grave in a cemetery
in the Ile-de-France region, the Huffington Post reported, citing
The Local.
According to L'Expansion, France's public finances recovery department
has sent correspondence to the deceased in the past; however, this
is said to be the first time a piece of mail has been specifically
addressed to a cemetery plot.
The Vincennes-based branch first sought to reach out to man, who died
several months ago, but received the returned mail with the words
"Deceased" scrawled atop the letter. However, it seems, the department
did not stop there. In an attempt to ensure the letter got to its final
destination, someone re-addressed the tax bill (in handwriting) to
"Autheuil Cemetery - Tomb 19 - 61190 Autheuil," Ouest-France reports.
As to be expected, the tax bill was not delivered to its intended
recipient, who is currently six feet under, and was instead forwarded
to Beatrice Devedjian (an ethnic Armenian), the mayor of the small
village of Autheuil in northeastern France. Speaking to France's
RTL radio, Devedjian expressed her shock with the determination to
"harass a person until his final resting place."
However, it appears the cemetery-addressed tax bill may be more of a
prank than anything else. As Le Figaro reports, the center of public
finances for Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne, which oversees Autheuil,
called the re-addressed letter "more of a schoolboy prank" and said
the statement did not come from its department since the man did not
live in Autheuil.
Despite the mystery surrounding the origin of the tax bill, the
municipality plans to track down the descendants of the deceased man
in order to deliver the mail.
Armenian News - Tert.am
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/08/autheuil/
17:15 ~U 08.05.13
A tax bill has been addressed to a particular grave in a cemetery
in the Ile-de-France region, the Huffington Post reported, citing
The Local.
According to L'Expansion, France's public finances recovery department
has sent correspondence to the deceased in the past; however, this
is said to be the first time a piece of mail has been specifically
addressed to a cemetery plot.
The Vincennes-based branch first sought to reach out to man, who died
several months ago, but received the returned mail with the words
"Deceased" scrawled atop the letter. However, it seems, the department
did not stop there. In an attempt to ensure the letter got to its final
destination, someone re-addressed the tax bill (in handwriting) to
"Autheuil Cemetery - Tomb 19 - 61190 Autheuil," Ouest-France reports.
As to be expected, the tax bill was not delivered to its intended
recipient, who is currently six feet under, and was instead forwarded
to Beatrice Devedjian (an ethnic Armenian), the mayor of the small
village of Autheuil in northeastern France. Speaking to France's
RTL radio, Devedjian expressed her shock with the determination to
"harass a person until his final resting place."
However, it appears the cemetery-addressed tax bill may be more of a
prank than anything else. As Le Figaro reports, the center of public
finances for Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne, which oversees Autheuil,
called the re-addressed letter "more of a schoolboy prank" and said
the statement did not come from its department since the man did not
live in Autheuil.
Despite the mystery surrounding the origin of the tax bill, the
municipality plans to track down the descendants of the deceased man
in order to deliver the mail.
Armenian News - Tert.am