India’s First Ever Case of Tax Evasion.

This is what some one told me as India’s first case of tax evasion or probably world’s.

Long -long time back there was a merchant who fell seriously ailing, in spite of all his money and attempts made by all the doctors he was not recovering.

It is then that he decided that and pledged to Godess Kali that if he gets well he will sell his “Cow “and donate all the recovery from selling to the nearby Kali temple, with Lord Kali’s grace and with doctors medicines he eventually recovered from his infirmity.

Now was the time for him to respect his pledged, it is then he thought of evading this self imposed tax.

He held a hoarding outside his house telling that “Cow” is available for sale for "Rs 1" only, very soon a long queue of buyers was lined up outside his house, only to discover that merchant is ready to sell his “Cow” at Rs.1 only if some one is also ready to buy his Parrot along with the cow at “Rs. 4000".

Well he managed to beg one buyer who was ready to purchase the both.

And Merchant gladly donated the Rs.1, as recovered from the sale of cow in the nearby Kali temple.

So this was the oldest and classic case of Tax (though self imposed) by any one !!