Taxation Trickster Pillows

'We did a great job obtaining non-profit tax status. That calls for bonuses all around!'

'That was devious and despicable... keep up the good work.'

'I'm afraid you're going to have to reveal the exact extent of your economic clout, Mr. Fletcher.'

Stealth taxman

A Man from Inland Revenue Attempts to enter the cardboard Cutout of a Joke Factory.

"So how many children do you have and how attached them are you?"

'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.'

'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."

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

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

'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."

Panama Papers Scandal

'We've gone through your books and we demand payment in cash.'

"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.

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

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

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

'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.'

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

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

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

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