02 Aug - Spanish Government's "special plan" to combat "fraud from Gibraltar"
According to an article published this morning on abc.es, the Spanish government plans to target Gibraltarian residents that have homes in Spain. According to the article, the government is targeting all those people who are registered in Gibraltar for fiscal reasons, but who have live in a property in Spain and don't pay local taxes.
According to the ABC's sources in the "Ministerio de Hacienda", the plan is directed at finding people that fiscally and legally own assets in Spain and to combat tobacco smuggling.
Date: From 0630hrs the 01/08/2013 to 0630hrs the 02/08/2013
Minehunter HMS Ledbury will call into HM Naval Base tomorrow for a short visit to top up on supplies and have some rest and recuperation.
Today, the Government and the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau issued a new set of 14 stamps to commemorate both the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation and the 60th anniversary of the first ever Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamps released in 1953.
