A Little Tax Humor

Portrait of a young laughing businessman with tablet computer in officeTake a break for a few minutes.

Editor’s Note: Every tax season for the last umpteen years, Robert E. McKenzie, a tax lawyer at  Arnstein & Lehr in Chicago, has made a tradition of sharing his carefully curated collection of tax jokes. Here are a few of his latest. Enjoy!

By Robert E. McKenzie 

1) “Three things are certain in life. Death and taxes are two of them. The third is tax fraud.” – Matt Pearce, LA Times, April 19, 2016

 

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2) “I think nobody knows more about taxes than I do, maybe in the history of the world. Nobody knows more about taxes.” – Donald Trump during 2016 campaign

3) “Anonymous just hacked Trump’s tax returns. Unfortunately, like Trump’s hands, the numbers are tiny and impossible to make out.” – Michael R. Burch