Tax Advisers Gifts

'When you cook up a figure make it an odd number like £321.42, not £300.'

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

'What do you want first - The bad news or the even badder news?'

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

'Ok, I'm in a paperwork mood. Let 'er rip.'

'Progress of a bookshelf'

"I'm curious about your dependent children, Scamp, Flop, and Spunky."

"Just because I can deliver toys around the world in one night, doesn't mean I understand the tax code."

'Taxes are going up, but that's no excuse to earn less, Mr. Syms.'

'Forget the DaVinci Code! I'm still trying to crack the tax code!'

Next time, a larger tip for the server and less free tax advice.

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

"Unfortunately Daddy already owes the government about 500,000 Pokemon cards."

'There's more to life than winning. There's also losing - to offset taxable capital gains.'

'He's refusing to die as a protest against Inheritance Tax.'

'You have to reconcile your gross habits with your net income.'

The Current Separation of Church and State Explained.

Is this your idea of a joke, Findlay...?

"Just remember if we don't enjoy it we can claim it as a tax-deductible business meeting..."

"I'm as progressive as they come, except for my money. No one touches my money."

The transparent safe box of Panama

Flat tax - equal burden?

"You have to declare what you rob from the rich, but you can deduct what you give to the poor."

"How is the budget forecast looking?"

'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.'

'I hope you ain't got no tax up here!'

STRIP Hambone: Sucidal computer over company balance sheets

"Your taxes,pension and health deductions have exceeded your wages - here's your bill."

'Brilliant, Prof.Brainstorm. Any fool can come up with a new product, you've come up with a new tax break.'

"Of course, I'm perfectly willing to pay my income tax, but I stayed home all day on the fifteenth, and nobody came."

Panama Papers Scandal

He's making a list --- Holmes solves cases quicker when he itemizes deductions.

'...and at this point I'm afraid the tax laws become totally theoretical.'

IRS Audits. That's your fourth "honest" mistake in a row!

Lots of famous art may have been inspired by taxes. Jackson Pollack's "Number 5" could be a visual representation of global regulations. And perhaps Rodin's "The Thinker" is a man trying to understand those rules. Maybe Roy Lichtenstein's "Ohhh ... Alright ..." shows a woman being told to continue holding to get her tax question answered. And they there's Edvard Munch's "The Scream" ... Nothing makes you feel like that more than preparing a tax return!