Tax Code Trickster Gifts

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

"Tariffs love me...tariffs love me not..."

'Progress of a bookshelf'

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

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

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

"My accountant is brilliant - he has just had a loophole names after him!"

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

I've found a loophole in your loophole

'In this class you will learn to apply the talents of creative writing to accounting.'

"It only made sense for us to finally merge."

"For this job, we require someone with excellent multi-taxing skills."

News and Magazines. Tax Bill Debate. The trickle-down can never compete with siphon-up.

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

'Life, liberty & the pursuit of tax shelters.'

Panama Papers Scandal

"It's part of a deal I worked out with the I.R.S."

"For my will I decided to cut out the middle man and bequeath all my money to the IRS."

'By proposing a merger instead of marriage, we can deduct this meal as a business expense.'

Money laundering.

"I wish I had done more pro bono work. I need the tax write offs."

I filed my tax return electronically, to speed things up. Sure enough, I got audited in record time.

'I made my fortune the old fashioned way - concealing it from the government.'

"I moved to the coast to get away from the Inland Revenue..."

"Do I have to declare this as income to the IRS?"

'She didn't marry him for his looks or personality - she needed his debts for a tax write-off!'

'No, you can't write off the cost of your wake-up call service.'

"The public seems concerned about the size of government."

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

Accountant's Awards - "Our next award is for 'Tax Loophole of the Year'..."

"Is that before or after tax?"

Conrad Black will be unable to do his investment club's tax returns this year.

'But, there must be some mistake. I don't want to buy the school.'

"Chris, find a safe and fast way into lucrative tax heavens!"

'I wanted a few words about your tax return - have I called at an inconvenient time?'