“All I'm doing is I'm filling out my tax returns - or my accountants are, and I'm paying whatever I'm supposed to pay, though I'm giving away a large amount of the money and that probably lowers my tax rate because I'm giving away so much money. But change the law, but don't blame me for the law. I'm not writing the law. I didn't write the law.” GivingWritingLawPayReturnAmountTaxesBlameRateFillingAccountantsBlame MeTax ReturnsDon't Blame Me Author:David Rubenstein
“No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had.” SaidCountryEnoughProblemGovernmentRichCostTaxesBritishAccountantsBritish Government Author:Donald Sutherland
“Britain needs a simpler tax system which is simple to understand, where there are no loop-holes, where the very rich do not avoid tax by employing expensive accountants” NeedsSimpleRichTaxesHolesBritainExpensiveAccountantsLoopsEmployingTax System Author:George Osborne
“My company is now in it's third year of trading with CBS accountants. I have found them 100% professional and their expertise in complex tax matters is worth its weight in gold. As a result, I have recommended them to many colleagues who are also very happy with the service provided.” YearsMatterFoundResultsCompanyTaxesGoldThirdsWeightComplexesWorth ItColleaguesVery HappyTradingExpertiseAccountants Author:Christopher Wray
“April is tax month. If you are having trouble filing your taxes, then you should hire an accountant. They'll give you the same advice that they've given hundreds of corporations - taxes are for douche bags.” IfsGivingShouldGivenTroubleAdviceMonthsTaxesCorporationsBagsAprilAccountantsFilingDouchesDouche Bag Author:Ed Helms
“It is a maxim of cryptology that what one man can devise, another can unravel. This principle keeps armies of tax lawyers and accountants employed, but adds nothing to our national productivity.” MenPrinciplesTaxesArmyAddLawyerProductivityOne ManEmployedMaximsAccountants Author:Walter Wriston
“The artist is the lowest form of life on the rung of the ladder. The publishers are usually businessmen who deal with businessmen. They deal with promotional people. They deal with financial people. They deal with accountants. They deal with people who work on higher levels. They deal with tax people, but have absolutely no interest in artists, in individual artists, especially very young artists.” PeopleFormYoungArtistIndividualInterestLevelsDealsHigherTaxesFinancialBusinessmanLowestPublishersLaddersHigher LevelAccountantsYoung Artists Author:Jack Kirby
“Why is an accountant who knows the regulation and codes and takes advantage of tax loopholes that save you thousands of dollars each year good, But SEO's who take advantages of loopholes and flaws in Google's algorithm to bring you traffic that makes you thousands of dollars bad?” KnowsYearsTaxesAdvantageDollarsMarketingCodeOnlineFlawsRegulationGoogleTrafficAccountantsAlgorithmsLoopholesSeoOnline Marketing Author:Michael Gray
“The only people helped by the death tax are lawyers, accountants, and IRS agents.” PeopleTaxesLawyerAgentsAccountantsIrs Author:Bob Schaffer
“Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes.” PeopleShouldAmericaPayRichFiguresTaxesRich PeopleAccountants Author:George W. Bush
“I talked to one accountant, a very nice fellow who I would have been glad to have his family marry into mine. He said, "What these other accounting firms have done is very unethical. The [tax avoidance scheme] works best if it's not found out [by the IRS], so we only give it to our best clients, not the rest, so it's unlikely to be discovered. So my firm is better than the others." [Laughter] I'm not kidding. And he was a perfectly nice man. People just follow the crowd...Their mind just drifts off in a ghastly way.” PeopleIfsMenWayGivingMindHas BeensSaidDoneFoundNiceMinesTaxesLaughterFellowsCrowdsGladFirmSchemesClientsUnlikelyAvoidanceVery NiceAccountingAccountantsIrsGhastlyUnethicalNice Man Author:Charlie Munger
“The income tax has spawned an intrusive bureaucracy, creating so much complexity and red tape that millions of ordinary citizens have to go get some accountant to fill out the forms for them - and then sign under penalty of perjury that it was done right. If you knew how to do it right, you wouldn't have to go to somebody else to have it done, would you?” IfsDoneFormMillionsCitizensTaxesCreatingOrdinaryRedIncomeComplexityTapePenaltiesBureaucracyIncome TaxAccountantsRed TapePerjuryOrdinary Citizens Author:Thomas Sowell
“The income tax was devised to give lawyers and certified public accountants business. Few persons can make head, tail, or middle out of it. Einstein admitted he couldn't.” GivingPersonsMiddleTaxesLawyerIncomeTailsIncome TaxAccountantsCertified Public Accountant Author:W. C. Fields
“So far rich people have been very quiet about the possibility of getting taxes raised on them, but that doesn't mean they won't get mad about it, it just means they don't know about it. Because it takes a while for bad news to reach a rich person. First their accountant has to tell the butler, who has to tell the servant, who wouldn't dare interrupt their game of croquet.” PeopleKnowsFirstsMeanPersonsHas BeensGamesRichPossibilityQuietTaxesNewsMadRaisedDareServantRich PeopleBad NewsAccountantsButlersRich PersonCroquet Author:Craig Ferguson
“While Donald Trump was busy with his accountants trying to figure out how to keep living like a billionaire, and all the while he was using his political connections to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in government subsidies and extra tax breaks for his companies. In other words, Trump was taking from America with both hands, and leaving the rest of us with the bill.” TryingHandsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalCompanyBreakMillionsFiguresTrumpTaxesConnectionsBillsDollarsLeavingBusyExtrasBillionaireAccountantsSubsidiesTax Breaks Author:Hillary Clinton
“If you're a wealthy heir with a trust fund, and you sell stocks, make your 10% gains since Donald Trump, and then you buy other stocks, you can avoid paying taxes. And if your accountant registers your wealth offshore in a Panamanian fund, like Russian kleptocrats do - and as more and more Americans do - you don't have to pay any tax at all, because it's not American income, it's foreign income in an enclave without an income tax.” IfsWealthPayTrumpTaxesGainsSellsIncomeFundWealthyRegisterIncome TaxHeirsAccountantsPaying TaxesOffshoreTrust Funds Author:Michael Hudson
“The biggest industrial sector next to real estate is oil, gas and other mineral resources. They don't report any taxable income, because if you depict yourself as earning a profit, you have to pay a tax on it. So, it's all about what accountants choose to declare as profit.” IfsRealNextPayTaxesResourcesProfitOilIncomeReportsGasEstatesEarningAccountantsMineralsMineral Resources Author:Michael Hudson
“Textbooks don't teach people how to avoid paying any income tax. But that's what an army of tax lawyers and corporate tax accountants do.” PeopleTeachTaxesArmyLawyerIncomeCorporateIncome TaxTextbooksAccountants Author:Michael Hudson
“A whole generation of people that didn't know me from 'SNL' recognize me from 'Weeds' now. People recognize me once in a while and appreciate the work. It gets a little embarrassing but it's good. If you work as an accountant, you don't have people coming up to you in the streets saying, 'Hey, great job on tax statements!'” PeopleIfsKnowsLittlesWholeJobsGenerationsStreetsTaxesAppreciateStatementsHeyWorking ItWeedKnow MeEmbarrassingUp To YouAccountantsGreat JobSnl Author:Kevin Nealon