Taxing Mugs

'Schedule A, line 16 G: Do you wish to make a charitable donation to help pay off the national debt?'

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

"Tariffs love me...tariffs love me not..."

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

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

'...And here we have the 'Laugher Curve.''

Contrary to popular belief, the road to Hell is paved with a comprehensive, lifetime tax return.

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

'Due to government surveillance, is my allowance taxable?'

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

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

The Current Separation of Church and State Explained.

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

"It's the new simplified tax demand from HMRC. . . Three Questions - How much did you earn last year? How much have you got left? And how soon can you send it. . .?"

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

Flat tax - equal burden?

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

'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.'

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

'...and at this point I'm afraid the tax laws become totally theoretical.'

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.

'As the government sees it, the U.S. budget would be fine if more deficit earners like you, Mr. Wald, go on the ball!'

'Check with legal and find out -- maybe we're a non-profit.'

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

I'm afraid neatness doesn't count, Mrs Wilson

"Taxation with representation hasn't worked out so well." (two men at the US capital talking taxes and politics)

Dance of the sugar plum tax attorneys.

'I couldn't imagine bringing a child into the current fiscal-cliffy world.'

"I rob from the poor and give to the rich."