“My own feeling is that one should refuse to participate in any activity that implements American aggression - thus tax refusal, draft refusal, avoidance of work that can be used by the agencies of militarism and repression, all seem to me essential.” ShouldFeelingsSeemsUsedMy OwnActivityTaxesEssentialsRefuseAgencyAggressionRefusalRepressionAvoidanceMilitarism Author:Noam Chomsky
“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
“[High income tax rates] not only check consumption but discourage investment and encourage...the avoidance of taxes [rather] than the production of goods.[...]Our present tax system...reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment, and risk-taking.” EffortRiskTaxesInvestmentRateFinancialProductionsIncomeChecksGoodsConsumptionIncentivesDiscouragingAvoidanceIncome TaxRisk-takingTax System Author:John F. Kennedy
“Andrea Leadsom also denies any tax avoidance, says she 'shopped around' for a good deal and it was from a British bank that booked the biz in Jersey.” DealsTaxesDenyBritishJerseyAvoidanceAndrea Author:Laura Kuenssberg
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.” StillsHumorFunnyBusinessTaxesIntellectualEconomicsRewardsPursuitFinanceCarrieTaxationAvoidanceTax DayTaxes Funny Author:John Maynard Keynes
“Our international banking system allows banks to accept funds gained from tax evasion and other crimes and thereby facilitates and encourages embezzlement by public officials, especially in developing countries, as well as tax evasion and tax avoidance by multinational corporations.” WellsCountryAcceptingCrimeTaxesInternationalDevelopingCorporationsOfficialsFundBankingAvoidanceFacilitateEvasionDeveloping CountriesBanking SystemMultinationalsPublic OfficialsMultinational CorporationsEmbezzlementTax Evasion Author:Thomas Pogge
“Our true choice is not between tax reduction on the one hand and the avoidance of large federal deficits on the other. It is increasingly clear that no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenues to balance our budget, just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits.” LongEnoughChoicesPartyEconomySecurityBalanceTaxesRateNational SecurityAvoidance Author:John F. Kennedy