The secret to good citizenship, Portuguese tax authorities believe, could lie in giving away luxury cars.
葡萄牙税收当局认为，造就好公民的秘诀可能在于赠送豪华汽车。
In April, they will begin holding weekly lotteries in which 60 “top-range cars” a year will be offered as prizes to consumers who do their civic duty by asking cafés, restaurants, car mechanics and other businesses for receipts that include their personal tax number. The aim is to enlist ordinary citizens in combating tax evasion, unfair competition and the black economy, estimated in Portugal to be the equivalent of almost a fifth of official national output.
今年4月，他们将开始每周抽奖，每年将送出60辆“顶级汽车”，以奖励那些履行公民义务——向咖啡厅、餐厅、汽车维修车厂等企业索要含有其个人税收号码的发票——的消费者。此举的目的是号召普通公民打击逃税、不公平竞争以及黑色经济。据估计，葡萄牙黑色经济的规模相当于官方全国产出的近五分之一。
By converting sales receipts into lottery
tickets, the government believes it can clamp down on tax dodgers as part of an effort to
meet tough deficit targets set under the