Tax Tactic Tricker Gifts

'Well, the joke's on you -- I don't HAVE $873.91.'

"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...?

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

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

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

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

I've found a loophole in your loophole

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

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

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

'Don't come too close - this baby will tear you to pieces, bite your head off and drink your blood... I've called him 'Fiscal Policy'.'

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

Offshore tax havens.

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

'We've gone through your books and we demand payment in cash.'

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

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

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

"It's what we agreed. I'd do the tax avoidance you'd do the tax evasion."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Is that before or after tax?"