Tax Assessor Mugs

'What the... they raised our property tax assessment 21 percent because we added a birdbath!'

Tax Man Deducts A Witch's Broom As A Travel Expense

See the house whose property taxes were raised

"How come they call these tax returns when I never get any money returned?"

Good heavens, what's a girl who looks like Kim Basinger doing working in an Inland Revenue office?

'It's OK hon. He's waiting for the tax assessor, who will be here any second.'

'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?'

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

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

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

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

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

"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.'

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

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

"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?

STRIP Hambone: Sucidal computer over company balance sheets

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

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

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

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

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!

Panama Papers Scandal

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.

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

"...We've traced your lineage all the way back to a 15th-century East European Count."

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

'As the government sees it, the U.S. budget would be fine if more deficit earners like you, Mr. Wald, go on the ball!'

'Are you ready for your FISCAL examination?'

"Tax evasion is like a cancer, it's growing exponentially!"

'We decided the current system for reviewing corporation tax was too complex so we'll trial the 'think of a number and then double it' method.'