Tax reform is when you take the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and put taxes on things that haven’t been taxed before.
Golf is much like taxes—you drive hard to get to the green and then wind up in the hole.
One way to pay less tax—earn less.
The most permanent thing in the world is a temporary tax.
Today the earth rotates around its taxes.
Our government could raise unlimited revenue simply by taxing sin.
Taxes are strange; you pay this year’s taxes with the money you earned last year but spent the year before.
After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of budgeting the balance.
The taxpayer no longer fears that Congress will let him down; he just hopes it will let him up.
America is the only country where it takes more brains to make out the income tax return than it does to make the income.
A taxpayer is a government worker with no vacation, no sick leave, and no holiday.
Your money goes farther these days. In fact, a lot of it winds up in outer space.
The biggest job Congress has is to get the money from the taxpayer without disturbing the voter.
A tax collector has what it takes to get what you got.
A tax collector is “his brother’s keeper.”
The American taxpayer may be America’s first natural resource to be exhausted.
Save for a rainy day and a new tax comes along and soaks you.
In modern day terminology, a settler is one who has already paid his income tax.
Sometimes they tear down buildings to save taxes. Why not tear down taxes to save buildings?]
Taxation is based on supply and demand—the government demands and we supply.
People who don’t pay their taxes in due time, do time.
Taxes are a form of Capitol punishment.
As one travels down the highway of life, it becomes quickly apparent that there are far more toll roads than freeways.
We need more watchdogs at the US Treasury and fewer bloodhounds at the IRS.
A lot of take-home pay is spent as foolishly as that which is withheld for taxes.
Income tax is the fine for reckless thriving.
Nowadays a dime is a dollar with all the taxes taken out.
Social security is the ingenious plan that keeps you poor all your working years, so you can be poor all your retirement years.
The purpose of the IRS is to collect the money and then pass it on to those who spend it.
A fine is a tax for having done wrong—a tax is a fine for having done well.
Invest your money in taxes—they’re bound to go up.
The IRS can’t tax the riches you store in your soul.
If it’s such a small world, why does it take so much of our money to run it?
There’s this to be said about taxes—if the taxpayer is alive, he’s kicking.
If the world is getting smaller, why do they keep raising postal rates?
A taxpayer is one who does not have to pass the civil service exam to work for the government.
The advantage of being a dog: someone else pays the taxes.
An income tax form is like a laundry list—either way you lose your shirt.
When filing income taxes, it is better to give than to deceive.