Spain's Tax Agency to Fine Certain Cash Withdrawals and Deposits at ATMs
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Hacienda is the tax office in Spain. It will give fines to some people. These are people who put in or take out cash from a cash machine in certain ways.
A fine is money you must pay for doing something wrong. Hacienda wants to stop bad use of cash machines.
In another story, police in a town called Viveiro are keeping some cash. People found the cash more than a week ago.
The police said some people have tried to get the cash back. The police are still checking who the money belongs to.
Hacienda wants people to be careful with cash. It wants to stop money problems before they happen.
Vocabulary5 words
- Hacienda
- the tax office in Spain
- fines
- money you pay for doing something wrong
- cash
- money in coins or notes
- cash machine
- a machine that gives or takes money
- custody
- when someone keeps and protects something
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Answer key
1. A tax office in Spain 2. Give them fines 3. By the police in Viveiro
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Hacienda is the _____ office in Spain. It will give _____ to some people.
These are people who put in or take out _____ from a cash machine in certain ways.
A fine is money you must pay for doing something _____.
In another story, police in a town called Viveiro are keeping some _____.
People found the cash more than a _____ ago.
The police said some people have _____ to get the cash back.
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