"The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall."
– Denis Healey
“I put all my money into taxes. They’re the only thing that’s sure to go up!”
"An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt."
- Fred Allen
"Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even."
- Will Rogers
"The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians."
— Steve Forbes
“The trouble with the IRS is that 90% of its members give the rest a bad name.”
“Children may be deductible, but they are still taxing.”
"It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for."
- Will Rogers
“People that cheat on their taxes truly disgust me. This is not the world I want to raise my 27 dependents in.”
“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
"There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him."
- Robert A. Heinlein
“It's easy to find out who is going to become a tax collector. In the nursery, give all the kids lemons. The one who squeezes it dry is going to work for the IRS.”
"I firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society."
— George W. Bush
"Isn't it appropriate that the month of the tax begins with April Fool's Day and ends with cries of 'May Day!'?"
- Rob Knauerhase
“The Government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.”
– George Bernard Shaw