Steve’s Favorite Quotes

1. Steve’s Favorite Quotes

2. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The trick is to stop thinking of it as ‘your’ money.” IRS Auditor

3. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist? A taxidermist takes only the skin.” IRS Auditor

4. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.” Herman Wouk

5. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it’s just sort of a tired feeling.” Paula Poundstone

6. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “I hold in my hand 1,379 pages of tax simplification.” Delbert L. Latta

7. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten.” Lord Bramwell

8. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “This [preparing my tax return] is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher.” Albert Einstein

9. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “I owed the government $3,400 in taxes. So I sent them two hammers and a toilet seat.” Sue Murphy

10. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “Passive activity income does not include the following: Income from an activity that is not a passive activity.” IRS Instructions to Form 8582

11. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.” John Maynard Keynes

12. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.” Barry M. Goldwater

13. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “Noah must have taken into the ark two taxes, one male and one female. And did they multiply bountifully! Next to guinea pigs, taxes must have been the most prolific animal.” Will Rogers

14. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The term “tax humor” is no doubt and oxymoron to many people; to the more cynical, it is an apt description of the entire tax code.” John F. Iekel

15. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “If Congress were to pass a “flat” tax… there would be no loopholes for politically connected groups, and normal people would actually understand the tax laws - and giant talking broccoli stalks would come around and mow your lawn for free…” Dave Barry

16. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.” William Simon

17. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “I have no use for bodyguards, but I have a very special use for two highly trained certified public accountants.” Elvis Presley

18. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The income tax people are very nice. They’re letting me keep my mother.” Henry Youngman

19. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.” Will Rogers

20. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.” F. J. Raymond

21. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “I believe we should all pay our tax bill with a smile. I tried – but they wanted cash.” Anon.

22. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift – is taxes.” W. Feather

23. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “I’m proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is - I could be just as proud for half the money.” Arthur Godfrey

24. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “Death and taxes are inevitable; at least death doesn’t get worse every year.” Anon.

25. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “There is nothing more permanent than a temporary tax.” Anon.

26. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “Taxpayers don’t have to take a civil service exam to work for the government.” Jackie Gleason

27. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “The best things in life are free, but sooner or later the government will find a way to tax them.” Bob Hope

28. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?” Peg Bracken

29. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “There is only one thing worse than the flu season; the tax season. You can recover from the flu.” Anon.

30. Steve’s Favorite Quotes “Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.” Oscar Wilde