“The Government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.”
– George Bernard Shaw
"A tax is a fine for doing well, a fine is a tax for doing wrong."
— Mark Twain
"It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for."
- Will Rogers
"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. Lekel
"A survey says that American workers work the first three hours every day just to pay their taxes. So that's why we can't get anything done in the morning: We're government workers."
— Jay Leno
“Some taxpayers close their eyes, some stop their ears, some shut their mouths, but all pay through the nose.”
— Evan Esar
"If you don’t drink, smoke, or drive a car, you’re a tax evader."
– Thomas S Foley
“The best things in life are free, but sooner or later the government will find a way to tax them.”
"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
- Winston Churchill
“On my income tax 1040 it says “Check this box if you are blind.” I wanted to put a check-mark about three inches away.”
– Tom Lehrer
"The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall."
– Denis Healey
“The Taxpayer’s prayer: Oh Mighty Internal Revenue Service, who turneth the labor of man to ashes, we thank thee for the multitude of thy forms which thou hast set before us and for the infinite confusion of thy commandments, which mulitplyth the fortunes of lawyer and accountant alike.”
— Russell Baker
"Then there was the man who declared in court, he wasn't a person. "Excuse me, sir, why haven't you paid your taxes." "Well, as you can clearly see, I am not a person." "Well, you look like a person." "No it's all done with mirrors, trust me!"
- Lewis Black
“For every tax problem, there is a solution which is straightforward, uncomplicated-and wrong.”
“Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?”
– Peg Bracken
"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing."
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert
“I’m spending a year dead for tax reasons.”
— Douglas Adams
“When there’s a single thief, it’s robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it’s taxation.”
– Vanya Cohen
"The taxpayer: that's someone who works for the federal government, but doesn't have to take a civil service examination."
- Ronald Reagan
“If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see how bad it is with representation.”
– Farmer’s Almanac
"A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it."
- Ann Landers
“People that cheat on their taxes truly disgust me. This is not the world I want to raise my 27 dependents in.”
“Trying to do your own taxes is like a do-it-yourself mugging.”
"You don't pay taxes ― they take taxes."
― Chris Rock
"There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him."
- Robert A. Heinlein
"Taxes grow without rain."
- Jewish Proverb
"Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement'. Not so. No one was fooled."
— Dan Quayle
“The tax collector must love poor people, he’s creating so many of them.”
– Bill Vaughan
“The trouble with the IRS is that 90% of its members give the rest a bad name.”
"Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even."
- Will Rogers
"The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians."
— Steve Forbes
[on filing for tax returns] "This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher."
- Albert Einstein
"Isn't it appropriate that the month of the tax begins with April Fool's Day and ends with cries of 'May Day!'?"
- Rob Knauerhase
"Instead of taking the pants off the taxpayer it might be better to take the vest off the vested interests."
— Mark Twain
“How many God-fearing, tax-paying, law-abiding men in Las Vegas does it take to light a bonfire? Both of them.”
“Intaxication: That nice feeling you get when you receive a tax refund until you realize it was your own money in the first place.”
“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
– Ronald Reagan
“Children may be deductible, but they are still taxing.”
“The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would tax Botox. When Botox users heard this, they were horrified. Well, I think they were horrified. It’s difficult to tell.”
— Craig Ferguson
"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
- Albert Einstein
"A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut — it's a con."
— Tony Abbott
“The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream”
– Bill Murray
"I firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society."
— George W. Bush
"The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax."
— Thomas Dewar
"Death, taxes, and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them."
― Margaret Mitchell
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