Navigating Tax Brackets Gifts

'I've suddenly got a headache....'

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

'Honestly Bob, it's not that bad. If you can make as much next year as you did this year you'll be able to pay off your outstanding taxes for last year. That'll just leave the interest, the tax for this year and... my fees.'

The IRS emptied my pouch.

"Thank you, and may the I.R.S. accept all your deductions."

'How's daddy's little deductions doing?'

"You may think the government is a big 'Giveaway' program, but you can't deduct your tax as a charitable contribution."

'... And I appreciate that you've 'saved the world from certain doom on numerous occasions', but you still have to pay your taxes.'

"Don't you think we should wait to see the effects of the new tax code?"

Congressional Budget Committee: Benefactor...Victim

"It's no use, Super Rich! Your labyrinthine, yet entirely legal tax structures are too powerful for me!"

'So, they weren't interested in your Robin Hood tax then.'

'Okay... now everyone smile and say: 'that;s not deductible'.'

'Aluminum siding will be used to cut costs in restoration at the U.S. Capitol.'

Tunnel of Accountants: "You've been selected for a random audit."

Osborne's Tax Cuts

'Wouldn't it be easier if the banks simply merged with the Inland Revenue?'

New Improved I.R.S.

'We're all wearing them - they were a gift from Warren Buffett.'

'I sent my mother to jail. I work for the IRS.'

"I realize how helpless and needy they are, but I'm afraid you still can't claim a human as a dependent."

'I'd like to think they contribute because it's the right thing to do, but I'm not above a short sermon on tax deductibility.'

New For Halloween! Sexy C.P.A.

'Right you've got 30 minutes...start squeezing.'

'Of course, we could drop the enquiry and agree to henceforth leave each other alone.'

"Tell the press direct EU-taxation is necessary..."

Monster under the bed.

Ever sensitive about its image, the IRS tries a more service-oriented approach.

'Stick a few upper-class tax cuts to it and it'll pass like a bran muffin dipped in vaseline.'

'Is it true that you people give tax breaks for minority-owned businesses?'

"These here accountants should be ready just in time for tax season."

'Grible is a fiscal conservative. You know — 'if it ain't broke, don't subsidize it.''