Tax Turmoil Trickster Gifts

'After income tax, pension and national insurance, I end up owing

'Progress of a bookshelf'

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

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

'Honestly Bob, it's not that bad. If you can make as much next year as you did this year you'll be able to pay off your outstanding taxes for last year. That'll just leave the interest, the tax for this year and... my fees.'

"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.'

I've found a loophole in your loophole

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

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

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

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

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

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."

'It's tax avoidance crackdown avoidance.'

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

Money laundering.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Is that before or after tax?"

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

'This administration is getting desperate. Now they say I owe taxes on the gains from my practice account.'

Conrad Black will be unable to do his investment club's tax returns this year.

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

Tax confusion.

'The all bad news is, the last check that bounced, you sent to the IRS.'