A contest to win a dream holiday for two turnedsintosa tax nightmare for Swedish student Catharina Modin.

　　Lured by thoughts of a luxury trip abroad, she entered the competition to devise a Ad slogan and said she would like a holiday in Hawaii, one of several destinations offered, if she won.

　　She did indeed win, but instead of tickets to Hawaii, she received a gift certificate worth 20,000 crowns (,920) and a travel brochure, the Swedish daily Expressen reported Monday.

　　“When I was going to book my journey the money wasn't enough even for the cheapest Hawaii-trip in the brochure,”Modin, 25, said.

　　The real shock, however, came later when the Swedish tax authorities informed her she has to pay around 13,000 crowns in income tax on the prize.

　　“This is completely sick,”said Modin. She has reported the case to the consumer rights ombudsman.

瑞典女大学生遭遇大奖恶梦

　　25岁的瑞典女大学生卡特琳娜·莫丁在一次广告词创作大赛上获胜成为冠军，她原以为可以实现免费夏威夷豪华之旅的梦想，没想到，等待她的却是一场税收恶梦。

　　作为给冠军的奖品，莫丁拿到的并不是前往夏威夷的机票，却是一份价值2万克郎(合1920美元)的礼物和一本旅游小册子。当莫丁准备预定旅行团时，却发现她的钱根本不够。

　　然而“好戏”还在后头，不久，瑞典税收当局通知莫丁说，她需要为获奖缴纳1.3万克郎的收入所得税。

　　莫丁表示，这简直就是变态，她已经就此事向消费者保护机构进行了报告