Subject: Government » Taxes (Page 2)

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

When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

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

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

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

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

No One Likes Paying Taxes – What Makes You So Special?

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Remember the politician who wouldn't release his tax returns and it turned out he had nothing to hide? … Me neither.

(1958 – ) American writer, comedian, satirist & actor

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

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

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.

(1883 – 1946) English economist

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

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

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.

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

(1918 - 2002) American author

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

(1927 – 2000) American businessman & Secretary of Treasury

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