Tax Tactic Tricker Mugs

'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

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

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

'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.'

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

Money laundering.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Is that before or after tax?"

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