Tax Maestro Mugs

Internal Revenue Service, Fraud Division. Are you in?

Who are the 'real' rich?

'You want an extension? In the middle of the war on terrorism!'

Accountant Bedtime Stories

"Hey, you're good! I could do with someone like you who knows all the loopholes."

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

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

Profit

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

'I'll be late for dinner, dear, I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

'He's so rich, when he writes a cheque the bank bounces.'

Desk plaques: 'Money isn't everything' '...Which makes it no less awesome in my opinion.'

'You know the economy's in trouble when the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans only has 350 names on it.'

"We need to change, but WHEN?"

"I'm not happy about what the economists are predicting."

"I can always tell when Philip is working on family finances. A 'cursor' appears on both sides of the computer screen."

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

'When investment bankers give parental advice'

'For Harland, the only game in town is the bulls versus the bears...'

'I think I must be ambidextrous. I can calculate interest with both sides of my brain.'

"I need to increase my salary so I can increase my spending."

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

'Need I tell you the name of the game?'

'Now this is my kind of green!'

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

U.S. Credit Rating

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

Bank cashier sits near sign: 'Please do not ask for credit, as refusal often offends'.

'Howard's doing things he's always wanted to with his redundancy money.'

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

Wealth Juggler.

'If we're going to have a banking relationship, you'll have to trust me more than this.'