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Tax Season Funnies: Gabriel and Saint Peter Confer

Portrait of a young laughing businessman with tablet computer in officePlus an alligator in a bar.
As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie

I just filled out my income tax forms. Who says you cannot get killed by a blank?

Taxation is based on supply and demand. We supply when the government demands.
 

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When Congress writes the tax laws, they often leave it to the IRS to “fill in the details” with specific instructions. That’s like asking a hungry lion to protect the sheep from the wolves.

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Tax Season Funnies: A Tax Lawyer at the Pearly Gates

Older businessman with younger businessman trailing behind himAlso: How to be a good tax professional.
As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie
Have you heard of the “audit lottery”? It’s a game where 99.5 percent of the people are winners. If the IRS pulls your number, you lose. Everyone else is a winner.
 

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If you love something, set it free.
If it comes back, it will always be yours.
If it doesn’t come back, it was never yours to begin with.
But…
If it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money and doesn’t appear to realize that you actually set it free in the first place, you either married it or gave birth to it. Either of which is probably tax deductible.

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Tax Season Funnies: Gargoyles in the IRS?

And then the lawyer said …

Plus a couple of Will Rogers classics.

As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie
Each year I share a little tax humor during tax season …
“When not on vacation (which is a lot of the time, fortunately for the republic), Congress can be hazardous to our health.” – Mike Causey, Federal News Radio, 4/6/17
 
“To err is human, but this you should learn. Do not be human on your tax return.” – Tony Anton

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Tax Season Funnies: The ‘Service’ in IRS

Businessman looking thoughtfulAlso: Two sides of whiskey.

As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie

Each year I share a little tax humor during tax season…

“Internal Revenue Service is NOT what I thought ‘Service’ meant. But today, I overheard two farmers talking, and one of them said he had hired a bull to ‘service’ a few cows. BAM! It all came into focus. Now I understand what all those agencies are doing to us. You are now as enlightened as I.” – Courtesy of Sharon Kreider, CPA

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“An income tax,” said Mellon, “is the price which the government charges for the privilege of having taxable income.” – former Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon

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Tax Season Funnies: Travel Deductions and Limo Drivers

A traffic cop treads carefully.
As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie
  • On tax day we remembered the immortal quote from Charlie Brown in the “Peanuts” comic strip: “No problem is so big or so complicated it cannot be run away from.”

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  • “Tax day is the day that ordinary Americans send their money to Washington, D.C., and wealthy Americans send their money to the Cayman Islands.” – Jimmy Kimmel

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