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Tax Season Funnies: After the Revolution

Questions college students ask.

As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie

“An income tax 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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The Tax Season Funnies: Worst Video Game Ever

Tax advisors tell you to be audit you can be.

As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie

The American taxpayers wouldn’t object to free transportation for certain government officials if they’d go where we wish they would.
Nowadays the world revolves on its taxes.

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Turbo Tax is the worst video game ever.

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What Al Capone Said about Taxes – Before His Conviction

More tax humor for Busy Season.

Collected, curated and refined by Robert E. McKenzie. Enjoy!

“They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.”

– Al Capone: Before he was convicted of tax evasion.

Sixty-four percent of women attorneys think that tax lawyers make undesirable dates.

– Daniel Dolan

“The best things in life are tax-free.”

– Joseph Bonkowski

“If your biggest tax deduction was bail money, you might be a redneck.”

– Jeff Foxworthy

BUSY SEASON MANAGEMENT

A CPA Goes into a Pet Shop to Buy a Parrot…

A little tax humor for Busy Season, as collected, curated and refined by Robert E. McKenzie. Enjoy!

It’s not that we can’t fill out a simple tax return. The problem is that in so many cases, a simple tax return simply doesn’t exist.

– Anderson Independent Mail, 1-25-12

Love, sex, and the I.R.S are three things that will always be with us.

– Dave Howell, The Morning Call, 3-30-15

It’s always sunny the day after tax season, regardless of the weather.

– Kurt Schneider, CPA 4-20-17

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A Little Tax Humor

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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

BUSY SEASON MANAGEMENT

How many IRS agents does it take to screw in a light bulb?

… and more tax season humor.

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!

Q: How many IRS agents does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Only one, but the light bulb really gets screwed.
— From Garrison Keillor’s ‘Pretty Good Joke Book’

IRS MOTTO: “We’re not happy until you’re not happy!”

Robert E. Mckenzie

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Robert E. McKenzie is an attorney and partner in the law firm of Saul, Ewing, Arnstein, & Lehr, LLP, Chicago.

He concentrates his practice in representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service and state agencies. He has lectured extensively on the subject of taxation. He has presented courses before thousands of CPAs, attorneys and enrolled agents nationwide. Robert is recognized as an authority and media source on IRS and tax-related issues, and he continues to be featured in national and international news stories, including appearances on Dateline NBC and ABC’s World News Tonight. This includes his analysis, which appeared in various publications, regarding the IRS’ efforts to uncover the identities of U.S. citizens with accounts in banks offshore.

Prior to entering private practice, Robert was employed by the Internal Revenue Service, Collection Division, in Chicago, Illinois.

Robert served as a member of the IRS Advisory Council (IRSAC) which is a group appointed by the IRS Commissioner to provide advice to him and his management team (2009 - 2011). Mr. McKenzie was Vice Chair Professional Services of the ABA Tax Section (2003 - 2005). He is past Chairman of the Employment Tax Committee and past co-chair of the Task Force for Bankruptcy Legislation of the ABA Section on Taxation and past Chairman of the Chicago Bar Association Federal Tax Committee. He was Dean of the National Tax Practice Institute (1998-2002). Mr. McKenzie is the author of REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE COLLECTION DIVISION OF THE IRS and coauthor REPRESENTING THE AUDITED TAXPAYER BEFORE THE IRS and REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE UNITED STATES TAX COURT. Mr. McKenzie has received has been selected for listing by Law and Leading Attorneys where he served on its Advisory Board. He has been elected to the American College of Tax Counsel and serves as Secretary/Treasurer of its Board of Regents.

Mr. McKenzie received his J.D. with High Honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Kent

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