Subject: Government » Taxes

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

(1918 – 2007) American humor writer

Taxation: The process by which money is collected from the people to pay the salaries of the men who do the collecting.

No taxation without regimentation.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Where there's a will, there's an inheritance tax.

The wages of sin are unreported.

There is nothing more permanent than a temporary tax.

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

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

Bing (Crosby) doesn't pay income tax; he just calls the government and says, 'How much do you boys need?'

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

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

The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

Employees make the best dates; you don’t have to pick them up and they’re always tax-deductible.

(1928 – 1987) painter, printmaker & filmmaker

Logic and taxation are not always the best of friends.

(1862 – 1946) American jurist & Supreme Court justice

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

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing.

(1619 – 1683) French statesman

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.

(1918 - 2002) American author

The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax.

(1860 – 1917) Scottish politician & judge

The most undesirable things are the most certain (death and taxes).