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THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!
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3. IF YOU WISH TO LIVE YOUR LIFE OUTSIDE OF DENMARK, YOU WILL BE WISE TO CHANGE YOUR CITIZENSHIP, AND GET NATIONALIZED IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU PREFER TO LIVE, if you do not, then you will have to accept, that as long as you keep your Danish citizenship, you will by the Danish authorities be looked upon as a kind of a national property, which they can put into prison and do with what they want.
My Danish upbringing by parents possessed by a great national pride and love for Denmark caused me to reject the offer when 43 years ago the Australian Immigration Authorities offered me to be sworn in and become an Australian National. Regrettably today I must recognize that my NO to become an Australian National has been the most expensive NO I have ever uttered.
4. IF YOU WISH TO VISIT DENMARK THEN IT IS GOOD ADVICE NOT
TO STAY WITH FAMILY. I know this sounds ridiculous, but if you
stay at a hotel, then you will in the bill have an excellent proof
as to how many days you have been there. If you are staying with
family, then it is more difficult to prove that you have not been
in Denmark more than permitted. In the aforementioned connection
please take note of the fact, that the Danish authorities are
prepared to tell you, that you are allowed to visit Denmark up
to three months in one visit and a total of 180 days per year,
which you will probably find extremely generous. But beware, it
is a fact that the same authorities in the court will state that:
"THERE IS NOTHING IN THE LAW, NOR IN ANY SUPPLEMENTS TO THE
LAW WHICH SAYS ANYTHING IN REGARD TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS YOU ARE
ALLOWED TO VISIT THE COUNTRY".
The above bold text is the translation of
4.8. Page 28 of the prosecutions indictment against me.
Whilst the following is the precise translation of the rule given
my chartered accountant after his enquiry to the State Assessment
Directorate, and it is written down during his telephone conversation
with the office manager Mr. Munk Pedersen in the 3rd office of
the State Assessment Directorate
TRANSLATION
In accordance with a telephone conversation with Mr. Munk Pedersen, 3rd office of the State Assessment Directorate.
Dated 7th January, 1974
The Husband is limited taxable of income from Real Estate provided his stay in this country does not exceed 90 days at one time, and a total maximum of 180 days per year.
The Wife Is fully taxable of her income
to this country. When the married couple live factually separated,
in addition she becomes taxable of the value of alimony from her
husband.
Signed: Kynde (chartered accountant)
The original Danish document can be seen
at:
http://www.cashbuilder.com/part04.html There
has not been raised any doubt by the prosecution, or the judges
as to whether the said report is genuine, nor whether the information
was in fact given my chartered accountant by the Office Manager
Mr. Munk Pedersen at the State Assessment Directorate. Did I make
a mistake by trusting the information I was given by the Danish
Taxation authorities? ... I obviously did! ...
I have in the introduction already
explained why I made the enquiry with the Danish Tax Authority
and which resulted in the above information, but in order not
to confuse the reader I consider it necessary that I briefly
reiterate that my British wife Patricia, who was my tireless and
constant travel companion for eleven years, after a number of
serious tropical diseases she suffered in South America in 1974
became so broken in body and mind that doctors informed us, to
regain her health it was imperative she settled down in a home
of her own. By the help of rest and modern medicine it was hoped
that she would eventually become well enough to travel with me
again, but then only on a part time basis. My managing director
Mr. Find Graucop offered us the possibility of a home for Patricia
in Switzerland, but as I still had my mother and four brothers,
we decided to investigate whether it would be possible for her
to get the required home in Denmark, and if that would be possible,
whether I could visit her without changing my status as a Dane
living abroad.
Being used to personally double checking
everything of importance, after having received the aforementioned
report from my accountant's office, I took the report with me
and together with Patricia we visited the local taxation office
where the head clerk confirmed that the information I had received
from the State Assessment Directorate was correct. Five days later
my brother called me in Vienna and told me a letter had been received
from Odense Taxation Office as follows: