Taxation Specialist Gifts

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

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

'What do you want first - The bad news or the even badder news?'

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

'Progress of a bookshelf'

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

'Taxes are going up, but that's no excuse to earn less, Mr. Syms.'

"Just because I can deliver toys around the world in one night, doesn't mean I understand the tax code."

Next time, a larger tip for the server and less free tax advice.

'Forget the DaVinci Code! I'm still trying to crack the tax code!'

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

"Unfortunately Daddy already owes the government about 500,000 Pokemon cards."

'There's more to life than winning. There's also losing - to offset taxable capital gains.'

'He's refusing to die as a protest against Inheritance Tax.'

'You have to reconcile your gross habits with your net income.'

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

"Just remember if we don't enjoy it we can claim it as a tax-deductible business meeting..."

The Current Separation of Church and State Explained.

"I'm as progressive as they come, except for my money. No one touches my money."

The transparent safe box of Panama

Flat tax - equal burden?

"You have to declare what you rob from the rich, but you can deduct what you give to the poor."

"How is the budget forecast looking?"

'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.'

STRIP Hambone: Sucidal computer over company balance sheets

'I hope you ain't got no tax up here!'

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

"Of course, I'm perfectly willing to pay my income tax, but I stayed home all day on the fifteenth, and nobody came."

I don't think we can survive here. There's little chance we can afford the taxes.

"Your taxes,pension and health deductions have exceeded your wages - here's your bill."

Lots of famous art may have been inspired by taxes. Jackson Pollack's "Number 5" could be a visual representation of global regulations. And perhaps Rodin's "The Thinker" is a man trying to understand those rules. Maybe Roy Lichtenstein's "Ohhh ... Alright ..." shows a woman being told to continue holding to get her tax question answered. And they there's Edvard Munch's "The Scream" ... Nothing makes you feel like that more than preparing a tax return!

"Tax evasion is like a cancer, it's growing exponentially!"

He's making a list --- Holmes solves cases quicker when he itemizes deductions.

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

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.