“If there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing.” IfsCuttingAmountPoliticianRepublicanTaxesChaptersBankruptcyTax CutsFiling Author:David Stockman
“The left's obsession with corporations as a spawn of evil is pathological paranoia. A corporation is just one form of organizing a private business enterprise for purposes of limiting personal liability, issuing stock, filing financial reports and paying taxes. Other forms include partnerships and sole proprietorships. Are they less evil? You buy your groceries from corporations, your cars, newspapers, cellphones, clothing and exercise equipment. Your parents and children work for corporations. Are they evil?” ChildrenFormPurposeEvilLeftParentCarExerciseTaxesFinancialNewspapersObsessionCorporationsJust OneEnterpriseReportsClothingsSolePartnershipEquipmentGroceriesParanoiaLiabilityChildren And ParentsSpawnFilingCellphonePaying Taxes Author:Mike Rosen
“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
“I kind of like carbon taxes because we already know how to apply them. We already have apparatus in place. When we talk about these other solutions - like a billion tons of iron filings in the ocean or putting sunshades between us and the sun - they're huge. We have no idea if they will work. We have no idea what their nasty consequences might be. And it's unlikely we can do them anyway.” IfsKnowsKindIdeasMightCan DoKnow HowSunHugeTaxesOceanSolutionsConsequenceBillionsNo IdeaIronNastyCarbonUnlikelyFilingCarbon Tax Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“It's tax day and while many Americans are filing their taxes with a groan, taxpayers in the Badger State have reason to cheer. In Wisconsin, we have enacted more than $2 billion in tax cuts, giving our citizens much-needed relief, call us crazy Midwesterners but we think you know how to spend your money better than the government.” ThinkingKnowsGivingStatesReasonGovernmentKnow HowCuttingCrazyNeededCitizensTaxesBillionsReliefCheerTaxpayersTax CutsWisconsinFilingTax DayBadgersMidwesterners Author:Marco Rubio
“More than half of all people filing income tax forms use someone else to prepare the forms for them. Then they have to sign under penalty of perjury that these forms are correct. But if they were competent to determine that, why would they have to pay someone else to do their taxes for them in the first place?” PeopleIfsFirstsUseFormPayHalfTaxesDetermineIncomePenaltiesCompetentIncome TaxFilingPerjury Author:Thomas Sowell
“Your taxes are due a week from today. You can make out your check directly to Halliburton. Or you can do what I'm going to do. I'm filing my first joint return. No, I'm not getting married, I'm sending the IRS an actual joint with a note that says, 'If you think I'm paying for this war, you must be high.'” IfsThinkingFirstsWarTodayCan DoWeekReturnTaxesMarriedNotesDuesChecksJointsGetting MarriedIrsMake OutFiling Author:Bill Maher
“OK, so this pack - tax package includes about 50 tax breaks. None of them are new. They were all existing tax breaks. What this did was make them permanent. It gives some certainty for people when they're filing taxes that they don't have to wonder if Congress is going to renew them year after year.” PeopleIfsGivingYearsWonderBreakTaxesCongressCertaintyPermanentPacksPackagesFilingTax Breaks Author:Susan Davis