Italian boy cleared of $1,500 fine
21:13, 6 October 2012
ROME. October 6. KAZINFORM Italy's tax collection agency threw out a hefty fine sent to a 12-year-old boy living in Fasano in the southern Puglia region over an unpaid car tax dating to three years before he was born, Ansa reported.
The 1,138.77-euro fine was canceled "on receipt of a letter from the boy's father and subsequent checks that led to the discovery of the mistake", the agency said in a statement.
The error occurred after the tax authorities incorrectly matched the boy's tax code to another person of the same name, the real owner of the car, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.