Subject: Government » Taxes

Why is it that if you take advantage of a tax break and you’re a corporation, you’re a smart businessman, but if you take advantage of something you need to not be hungry, you’re a moocher?

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Government Bureau: Where the taxpayer’s shirt is kept.

No politician talks taxes during an election year.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

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cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)

Taxpayer: One who doesn’t have to pass a civil service exam to work for the government.

The more heavily a man is supposed to be taxed, the more power he has to escape being taxed.

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

Untold Wealth: That which does not appear on income tax returns.

When there’s a single thief, it's robbery; when there are a thousand thieves, it’s taxation.

Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before.

(1925 – 2007) humorist & columnist

Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.

businessman

If a taxpayer thinks he can cheat safely, he probably will.

Tariff: A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Tax Reform: Taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven’t been taxed before.

Life: Coming into the world wit nothing, leaving with nothing and, in between, giving everything to the IRS.

The wages of sin are unreported.

I think that after the third marriage Georgie tried to claim his divorce attorney as a dependent.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Whatever goes us, stays up.