Taxes - Laughing When You Should Cry | Taxes

By BarryWaxller
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Mention the IRS and taxes. What happens? Most people will get a guilty look on their face and whimper. Well, how about a bit of laughter as well? The following humorous thoughts ought to get you laughing.

The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want! - Jerry Seinfeld

Maybe we ought to see that every person who gets a tax return receives a copy of the Communist Manifesto with it so he can see what's happening to him. - T. Coleman Andrews, Former Commissioner of IRS

When You Do a Good Deed, Get a Receipt, in Case Heaven Is Like the IRS.

Earlier today, the White House released President Bush's tax return. Not surprisingly, under dependents, the president listed Iraq. - Conan O'Brien

The term "tax humor" is no doubt an oxymoron to many people; to the more cynical, it is an apt description of the entire tax code. - John F. Iekel

If a person is an economic being and figures out the odds, then there is a very high incentive to cheat. That is, of course, putting aside honor, duty and patriotism. - Jerome Kurtz, former Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service

I can give you 1040 good reasons why I hate the government. - Terri Guillemets

Q: Why is a tax audit like a tornado? A: In the beginning there's a lot of screaming and in the end you lose your house.

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. - Art Buchwald

When are we going to be allowed to list the government as a dependent?

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so. - Billy Joel

Behind every man who achieves success, Stands a mother, a wife and the IRS. - Ethel Jacobs

The Internal Revenue Code is about 10 times the size of the Bible - and unlike the Bible, contains no good news. - Don Rickles

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. - Mark Twain

If we don't do something to simplify the tax system, we're going to end up with a national police force of internal revenue agents. - Leon Panetta

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Barry Waxler is a financial advisor with UFCAmerica.com.

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