Tax Tricksters Gifts

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

'We blame all our accounting problems on our computers--so we're upgrading to a model with an 'ethics' component.'

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

Put it through as an expense! Nobody's going to check, are they?

"Good luck getting my client's tax returns - he never even filed!"

'Progress of a bookshelf'

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

"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.'

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

I've found a loophole in your loophole

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

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

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

"I'm at that awkward stage between credit card payments and alimony payments."

"You inherited an extra toe from your father and didn't pay the inheritance tax on it."

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

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

"These are all my financial papers - with the exception of the codes to my secret Swiss bank accounts, of course."

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

Panama Papers Scandal

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

Money laundering.

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?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"My bill isn't terribly controversial. It would provide modest tax breaks for people who don't really need them."

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

"Is that before or after tax?"

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