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'What burns me is those bums who evade US taxes by being born in some foreign country and just staying there!'

The transparent safe box of Panama

Tax professionals brushing up on the tax code during election year.

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

'I feel I owe a lot to my country.' - 'So, you haven't paid your income tax again.'

'I tried forgetting about life's little stresses and I got busted for tax evasion.'

I have a degree in philosophy and can't get a job. Can I deduct my tuition as an investment loss?

"The Capt'n maintains a balanced portfolio should include a number of off-shore accounts."

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

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!

Updated Fairy Tales. Having all of them around sure sweetened my stimulus check!

'Check with legal and find out -- maybe we're a non-profit.'

"Says, property of the I.R.S."

IRS Audits. Do you have tax records? No, I pay about the same as most people.

"This pesky decimal point seems to give you quite a bit of trouble."

"I still have my loophole, but I can't drive a truck through it."

'You think he overheard my last lecture on tax code revision?'

"Taxation, meet Representation."

"Hi, I'm Bob Darrel. I'm here to perform the audit of your books. Don't mind the vultures. They follow me everywhere."

'I've begun spreading my wealth to offshore accounts.'

"I see you've arranged your life and business so that you can deduct everything. Do you know the penalty for 'trying to beat the system'?"

'I'm very sorry, sir. Even for stressed out bankers, whiskey and gin aren't tax-deductible expenses.'

You may go free, to worry about tax and the economy like the rest of us.

The Meaning of Life/Tax Avoidance Advice.

I.R.S. - Attention Investors! Remember to 'Buy low, sell high' so we can collect capital gains tax!

Monster under the bed.

"It's hard to deal with because it keeps mutating... not the virus... tax law!"

'First, I want you to get your dependents off my desk.'

"At last, a country that welcomes poor refugees like me..."

"We invested everything we had in our marriage."

'We struck these tax laws, but they somehow spontaneously regenerated into line 501(c), section 746-e, subsection (3), as described in paragraph (2).'

'I wonder if I can declare you as dependents on my income taxes?'

The Accountant Husband

"It's funny how two intelligent people can have such opposite interpretations of the tax code!"

'...and then you smile and say...all together now...'that's not deductible.'.'