RENNES, France: Combining the old adage about death and taxes, French authorities have sent a demand for property duties to a dead woman -- addressed to her grave in a small town in Brittany.
The mayor of the seaside town of Sarzeau said he had received a letter from the public finance offices to a dead resident, addressed to "grave 24, row E, cemetery road", his secretary told AFP on Saturday.
The town´s treasurer Christophe Libre told the Ouest France regional newspaper it was a demand for property taxes.
"Unfortunately it´s not the first time we´ve had this sort of letter from the public finance centre in Vannes," Libre told the paper. Vannes is the nearest large town to Sarzeau.
He said it could have been a "joke from someone doing the change of address," or "one of the heirs who didn´t want to pay the property tax".
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