Tax Buster Gifts

Republicans are still making faces at the dems' tax hikes.'

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

'Going...Going...Gone! Sold to the lady with more money than sense.'

Turkish Democracy

"Hey, honey, the credit card company increased our debt... I mean our credit limit!"

'Would you do me the honour of becoming tax advantaged with me?'

'We're cutting back on our legal expenses and going with the violence instead.'

'Uh oh. I can see another few hundred will be added to your bid.'

'Tax.'

'My firm has scrutinised your budget and determined you could save a fortune by sacking us...that'll be £300,000 please!'

"Well, you know what they say —'The water's always bluer on the other side of the trash fence.'"

Oil shock.

'Watch what you admit to. He once tried to fine one of my clients for looking a gift horse in the mouth.'

"It was Socrates, wasn't it, who said, 'The unexamined life is not worth living'?"

"I don't mind out of control spending as long as it's on stuff I like."

'Please excuse the mess - we've been busy throwing good money after bad!'

Osborne's Tax Cuts

'I'd like the short form instead...'

"I've been told to go through all our expenses...cut out any fat, get rid of any costly perks!"

Celebrity endorsements? I thought you said celibate endorsements. No wonder we're coming in under budget.

"They're spelt differently!"

'...And to spare my relatives the burden of inheritance taxes, I've decided not to give them anything.'

"Hang the expense, Potter. If you need another pencil, order it."

"According to this analysis, Gibbons, last year your department spent forty-five thousand dollars on candy alone."

"We're cutting costs now, so get rid of the petting zoo."

'Dad's saying he controls my allowance because of something called the Commerce Clause.'

Tax grab.

Romney Tax Desk: Accounts Receivable...Accounts Believable.

"Now are you convinced that the tax simplification plan will work?"