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04 Sep 2006
Romanian tax officials are gathering details of local witches and sending them to Bucharest where their incomes can be assessed by the country’s Inland Revenue over fears their tax-free spells are costing the treasury millions of pounds a year in lost revenue.
Spells, hexes and curses are still big business in the country for about 4,000 of its witches, which charge between £9 and £90 for a spell, some of which are even used by businesses to boost their profits, according to reports.
The average monthly salary in Romania is £150.
Only one - Gabriela Ciucur, 31, from Targu Jiu in eastern Romania - is officially registered to pay tax.
Ciucur, who sees up to seven clients a day and charges around £6 a session, has started issuing receipts to her clients for work that includes star-gazing, fortune-telling and talking to the dead.
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