Irs Quotes

• Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

  Tom Daschle

  Cheating, Mistake, Cheater

  "Daschle On Tax Cheats: IRS Should Enforce Laws". Congressional Record, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 7, 1998.

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• We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.

  Dave Barry

  Strong, Patriotic, Jail

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• 1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.

  Ron Paul

  Good Years, Income, Amendments

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• The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Funny, Mafia, Want

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• Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

  H. L. Mencken

  Humorous, Average, America

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• I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

  Laurie Anderson

  Art, Hobbies, Architecture

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• The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.

  James Bovard

  Children, Agency, Government

  Interview with Aaron Zelman, jpfo.org.

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• I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is - I could be just as proud for half the money

  Arthur Godfrey

  Funny, Money, Humor

  Quoted in Reader's Digest, Oct. 1951

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• The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

  Dr. Dre

  Two, Scare, Two Things

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten

  George Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell

  Mother, Misunderstood, Taxation

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• The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Zero, Funny Life, Business

  "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners". Book by Geoff Tibballs (p. 264), 2004.

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• While tax refunds amount to substantial income for many Americans, current IRS rules do not allow taxpayers to directly deposit their refund into more than one account.

  Jim Cooper

  Income, Taxpayers, Currents

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• I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Records, Finance, Wanted

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• Low-income taxpayers deserve the same rights as everyone else. It was wrong of the IRS to target low-income taxpayers, and I am please by the decision to correct this unfair practice.

  Christopher Dodd

  Rights, Practice, Decision

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• Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no control over tax information once it's been sent to India or another country.

  Melissa Bean

  Country, Preparation, India

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• It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.

  Jessica Savitch

  Salary, Belief, Individual

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

  Harold H. Greene

  Complicated, Guidelines, Code

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• Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

  Billy Joel

  Thinking, Musician, Unlikely

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• The United States has a system of taxation by confession

  Hugo Black

  America, United States, Taxation

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• It's income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that pencil, and stab yourself in the aorta

  Dave Barry

  Income, Taxation, Taxes Funny

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• Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

  Peg Bracken

  Memorable, Cutting, Two

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• I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations and I have not provided false information to this or any other committee.

  Lois Lerner

  Law, Broken, Regulation

  "IRS official in charge of targeting unit takes the 5th" by Tom Cohen, www.cnn.com. May 23, 2013.

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• I don't want the IRS banging down my door.

  Jessica Cutler

  Doors, Want, Banging

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• IRS is very poorly equipped to make a distinction between what is a religion and what is not.

  Lawrence Wright

  Distinction

  "Lawrence Wright on 'Going Clear'". Interview with Mark Guarino, www.chicagotribune.com. January 18, 2013.

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• Form 1040 was chosen by the IRS because for every $50 you earn, you get 10 and they get 40.

  Jay Leno

  Liberty, Libertarian, Form

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