Tax Trouble Tales Prints

"Well, if it's a fairy story you want, here's a good one that arrived at the office today."

I.R.S.: 'All's fair in love & taxes'.

'This is great fiction! My cousin, an agent in Hollywood, may be able to sell book and movie rights.'

'One day, son, all this willy be yours...only by then it will have grown and grown...to hundreds of billions...it's called the cost of PFI.'

I spent it all under the silly notion that it was all mine.

"Your tax return reads like one of your novels."

"It's a nice story, Mr. Fergus, but why do you always write in the passive voice?" "I suppose because I've been a taxpayer all my life."

'I'm sorry, sir, but this particular loophole is only for the use of Federal employees.'

Tax confusion.

'I.R.S short form.'

'Well, well. You made more money last year than you did the year before -- You people never learn, do you?'

Having shut early for Christmas, Mr Small decided to get back to work early to check the answering machine.

'Gibbs, I subracted your federal, state and social security taxes and medical from your paycheck, and you owe the firm $50.'

'You say you were trying to squirm your way out of an audit?'

'C'mon in! I LOVE storytime!'

'Trick or treat?'

"I'll be with you in a minute, sir - Just have a seat and don't make any funny moves."

"But I thought once the I.R.S. applied a penalty, that was the end of it."

'Dr. Jekyll, how well do you know this Mr. Hyde who prepared your taxes?'

Pinched by the Revenue Boys

Accounting: Fiction and Non-Fiction.

"If there's discrepancies in my tax returns, don't blame me. Blame the guy in the alley I paid $20 to do them."

'But on the bright side, I was able to find a loophole that should solve your little tax problem.'

Man confronts death and taxes at the same time.

Tax audit office.

"There's no special occasion. I'm just taking up a collection to help pay my income tax."

You've got some disgruntled shareholders, an annoyed customer, the shop stewards and a VAT man. Who would you want to see first?

'...and when you're not kind and obedient, the ugly Taxman will come to bleed you!'

"This bottom line on your income tax return is a little irregular...'net income after wife's spending'."

This could get you the Nobel Prize for fiction.