“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
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” WorldSaidDeathCertainMoneyBusinessThis WorldTaxesConstitutionConservativeLibertarianCertaintyTaxationPoor RichardIncome TaxConstitution Of The United StatesUs ConstitutionTaxes FunnyRaising TaxesAmerican ConstitutionCertain DeathFederal TaxesHigh TaxesInheritance TaxCertainty Of DeathEstate Taxes Author:Benjamin Franklin
“The White House is not being very clever in how it takes on our plan, .. In fact the White House is being sloppy. They are taking everything Bob Dole has ever said we ought to do regarding taxes and adding all of those things up and saying it will cost $800 billion.” SaidFactsHouseWhitePlansOughtCostTaxesBillionsCleverWhite HouseBobClevernessSloppyVery Clever Author:Bob Dole
“We had no religion at all, but we were Jews in New Hampshire, and my sister - who is now a rabbi - said it best: We were, like, the only Jews in Bedford, New Hampshire, as well as the only Democrats, so we just kind of associated those two things together. My dad raised us to believe that paying taxes is an honor.” BelieveWellsKindSaidTwoTogetherDadHonorTaxesDemocratRaisedMy DadJewTwo ThingsMy SisterRabbiHampshireNew HampshirePaying Taxes Author:Roseanne Barr
“Now that my wine has been served in the White House, why not me? Who could talk to farmers better than I? Somebody even asked me the other day if I had anything in my platform about taxes. 'Hell yes,' I said. 'Great state. But I wouldn't want to live there.'” IfsWantHas BeensSaidStatesHouseWhiteHellTaxesWineWhy NotWhite HouseFarmersPlatforms Author:Pat Paulsen
“It's tax season. When I woke this morning and realized it was tax season, I said, My God, didn't we just pay taxes last year?” YearsSaidLastsPayMorningTaxesSeasonsLast Year Author:David Letterman
“Last year I had difficulty with my income tax. I tried to take my analyst off as a business deduction. The Government said it was entertainment. We compromised finally and made it a religious contribution.” YearsMadeSaidGovernmentLastsReligiousTaxesDifficultyEntertainmentIncomeMade ItContributionLast YearIncome TaxAnalystsDeductions Author:Woody Allen
“Republicans want to punish work and reward wealth; hence the high payroll tax and the low dividend tax. Said one Bush economic adviser, if we can't help wealthy investors and screw working people, what's the point in being a Republican?” PeopleIfsWantSaidHelpingWealthEconomicRepublicanTaxesLowsRewardsWealthyInvestorsScrewsAdviserDividendsPayrollPayroll Tax Author:Paul Begala
“Warren Buffett's company reportedly owes the IRS a billion dollars in back taxes. When he said he wasn't paying enough taxes, he wasn't kidding.” SaidEnoughCompanyTaxesDollarsBillionsIrsBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Jay Leno
“Arnold was on the 'Today' show today, he was a little light on specifics. He said he could solve California's $38 billion budget deficit, without cutting spending or raising taxes because there was a third way. What is it? Let's just say it involves a robot going back in time to convince Gray Davis to go into dentistry.” WayLittlesSaidShowsLightTodayCuttingTaxesThirdsSolveSpendingBillionsBudgetsCaliforniaConvinceGrayRobotsDeficitBack In TimeSpecificsGo Back In TimeDentistryRaising TaxesBudget Deficit Author:Bill Maher
“I had to go on TV with the president of the Catholic League, which is not an official organization at all, just a lot of Catholics, or maybe it's just this guy. He demanded to de-fund art completely and argued that taxpayers should not pay for it. I said people who represent the Catholic Church shouldn't talk about taxes.” PeopleShouldArtSaidGuyPresidentChurchPayTvsGoes OnTaxesOrganizationCatholicLeagueOfficialsFundThis GuyTaxpayersCatholic Church Author:Fran Lebowitz
“We simply cannot continue to live with a [tax] system which has so many inequities. It must be changed in such a way that each of us pays a fair share of the burden. It has been said that one man's loophole is another man's livelihood. Even if this is true, it certainly is not fair, because the loophole-livelihood of those who are reaping undeserved benefits can be the economic noose of those who are paying more than they should.” IfsMenWayShouldHas BeensSaidPayShareEconomicChangedTaxesBenefitsFairsBurdenOne ManAnother ManLivelihoodNot FairLoopholesFair ShareTax SystemNooses Book:Speaking up Source: Speaking up
“The flat tax I got on my first meeting with Margaret Thatcher, who I admired very much and who was a great admirer of Milton Friedman. I met her first when I had been prime minister I think for some months and so on, and when I told her what I am planning to do, she looked at me with these big eyes and said: "You are one brave young man." And then a little bit introduced me on the realities of the Western world on which I was not very well informed. But I didn't stop.” ThinkingMenWorldFirstsWellsLittlesSaidBigsRealityEyeYoungBitsMonthsMetsTaxesLittle BitBraveMeetingsWesternPlanningMinistersYoung ManFlatsPrimePrime MinisterWestern WorldAdmirerMiltonBig EyesFlat Tax Author:Mart Laar
“John Kerry said today that he wants to get rid of tax cuts for the rich and his wife said, 'Hey, shut up! What's the matter with you?! Are you nuts?!'” WantSaidMatterTodayRichCuttingWifeTaxesHeyNutsShut UpTax CutsJohn Kerry Author:Jay Leno
“I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.” SaidHeardTaxesSpeechPaperCampaignsPrimariesPhasesConsistentlyPapers Author:Ed Rendell
“We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously. In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” IfsWorldSaidLastsCertainThis WorldTaxesConclusionCertainty Author:Benjamin Franklin
“What Mae West said about sex is true about taxes. All tax cuts are good tax cuts; even bad tax cuts are good tax cuts.” SaidSexCuttingTaxesWestTax CutsMae Author:Grover Norquist
“I took in a foster kid that I wanted to adopt in the state where I live, and I pay taxes, said to me, based on not your morality, not on how good you are as a mother, not on how much you've given to foster kids in Florida, based on the facts that you're in love with a woman, you can't keep her.” SaidStatesFactsKidsWantedMotherGivenPayMoralityTaxesFlorida Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“Jesse Jackson's in trouble. They're going after this tax thing. Jesse said he will amend his taxes to show the money that he paid to his mistress. See, he has just one mistress. Jesse uses the standard mistress deduction. As opposed to Clinton, who had to itemize.” SaidUseShowsTroubleTaxesStandardsPaidClintonJust OneMistressDeductions Author:Jay Leno
“Dean Swift proposed to tax beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms; he said the tax would be cheerfully paid and very productive.” SaidWould BeTaxesPaidRateCharmProductiveDean Author:Arthur Frederick Saunders
“I'm a humorist. A guy like Paul Simon just makes my life so much simpler. When I was there, he had a hearing against hate. Steven Spielberg came and testified against hate. Paul Simon said hate was bad. Orrin Hatch was there, and he was against hate too. Everyone was opposed to hate. Is this really a wonderful way to spend our tax dollars, to have these men drone away about how against hate they are?” MenWaySaidGuyHateWonderfulTaxesDollarsHearingDronesHumoristsTax Dollars Author:Dave Barry
“When I write my annual tax column, some ex-IRS agent will complain, "There you go IRS bashing again." They're always saying that they're just doing their job. Someone I know once said, "You could get another job."” KnowsWritingSaidJobsTaxesComplainingAgentsExesColumnsAnnualsIrs Author:Dave Barry
“I've said repeatedly publicly, and other members have, that until you adjust the eligibility for entitlements, do things like raising the age for Medicare for future beneficiaries. Not for those currently receiving or those about to receive. Have serious means testing for high income people. You know Warren Buffett's always complaining about not paying enough taxes. And what I'm complaining about is we're paying for his Medicare. We ought not to be providing these kinds of benefits for millionaires and billionaires.” PeopleKnowsKindMeanSaidEnoughAgeSeriousOughtTaxesMembersBenefitsComplainingIncomeReceivingProvidingTestingMillionaireEntitlementBillionaireMedicareBeneficiariesBuffettWarren BuffetAlways ComplainingEligibility Author:Mitch McConnell
“Donald Trump said that if President Obama releases his birth certificate, Trump will release his tax return. Obama said he won't run for a second term if Trump releases that thing on his head.” IfsSaidRunningPresidentTermReturnTrumpBirthTaxesReleasePresident ObamaCertificatesBirth CertificateTax Returns Author:Conan O'Brien
“I said, "Suppose communists come out against cancer, do we have to automatically come out for cancer?'" I can't take back that I'm against the poll tax, that I'm against lynching, that I'm for peace.” SaidI CanTaxesCancerCommunistPollsLynching Author:Studs Terkel
“The IRS sent back my tax return saying I owed $800. I said If you'll notice, I sent a paper clip with my return. Given what you've been paying for things lately, that should more than make up the difference.” IfsShouldSaidGivenDifferencesReturnTaxesPaperIrsClipTax ReturnsPaper Clips Author:Emo Philips
“In explaining the Constitution, James Madison, the acknowledged father of the Constitution, wrote in Federalist Paper 45: 'The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peach, negotiation, and foreign commerce.' Has the Constitution been amended to permit Congress to tax, spend and regulate as it pleases or have Americans said, 'To hell with the Constitution'?” SaidWarStatesGovernmentFatherHellObjectsPleaseTaxesPaperConstitutionCongressDefinedFormerPermitCommerceFederal GovernmentNegotiationExplainingState GovernmentPeachesMadisonFederalist Author:Walter E. Williams
“Someone once said that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. That may have been true when he said it, but today taxes are mostly the price we pay so that politicians can play Santa Claus and get reelected.” MayHas BeensSaidPlayTodayPayPoliticianCivilizationTaxesSantaSanta Claus Author:Thomas Sowell
“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
“I regret that I must so continually use the word genius, as if that should apply only to a caste as well defined from those below as income-tax payers are from the untaxed. The word genius was very probably invented by a man who had small claims on it himself; greater men would have understood better what to be a genius really was, and probably they would have come to see that the word could be applied to most people. Goethe said that perhaps only a genius is able to understand a genius.” PeopleIfsMenShouldWellsSaidUseAbleGreaterRegretGeniusTaxesUnderstoodClaimsIncomeDefinedIncome TaxI RegretCastes Author:Otto Weininger
“I kid the Republicans, with love. I feel bad for them. They got nobody for next time. Who are they gonna run? Sarah Palin, reading off her hand. Did you see that? You saw this? She wrote "tax cuts" on her hand. A Republican so stupid she has to be reminded of the one thing - Tax cuts! This is like if you saw the coyote's paw and it said "Road Runner".” IfsFeelsSaidHandsRunningKidsReadingNextSawsCuttingOne ThingStupidRepublicanTaxesNext TimeRunnersPalinTax CutsPawsCoyotesRoad Runner Author:Bill Maher
“The House okayed the gasoline tax cut, which will increase the deficit, line the pockets of the oil companies, and hurt the environment; Dole said that if there was just some way this could interfere with people's sex lives, it would be perfect legislation.” PeopleIfsWaySaidWould BeHouseSexHurtLinesPerfectCompanyEnvironmentCuttingTaxesIncreaseOilPocketsInterfereLegislationDeficitTax CutsGasolineOil Companies Author:Bill Maher
“Stoners just got a powerful new ally in the fight to legalize marijuana - conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson. He said it's time to 'you know, legalize it, tax it, and keep it away from Mel Gibson.'” KnowsSaidFightingPowerfulTaxesConservativeAlliesMarijuanaBroadcastersStonersLegalizing Marijuana Author:Craig Ferguson
“The Democrats - Democrats on board, the Congress said tax policy.But their tax policy was pretty bad, that added $800 billion to the deficit.” SaidPolicyTaxesDemocratCongressBillionsBoardsDeficit Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“So what I have said with regard to Boeing and GE and other multinationals that pay zero taxes, you know what we're going to do? We're going to end that loophole. They are going to pay their fair share of taxes.” KnowsSaidEndsPayShareTaxesFairsRegardZeroLoopholesFair ShareBoeingMultinationals Author:Bernie Sanders
“He [Donald Trump] said in the debate - he said, gosh, I'm being audited for two years. Then he said three years. Then he said maybe five years. Listen, if there's a problem in his taxes, the voters have a right to know, because come September, October, the general election, folks in the media are going to make a heyday about any problems in his taxes.” IfsKnowsYearsSaidTwoProblemThreeFiveMediaTrumpTaxesElectionFolksDebateFive YearsTwo YearsVotersThree YearsSeptemberOctoberGeneral ElectionsHeyday Author:Ted Cruz
“The president [Barak Obama] had been asked some questions by George Stephanopoulos on a news show about whether it was a tax. And he had given an answer that you might read as him saying it wasn't a tax. I think what he said was, "It isn't a tax increase on all Americans."” ThinkingSaidShowsMightGivenPresidentAnswersTaxesNewsIncreaseTax IncreasesBarak Obama Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“Justice [Sonia]Sotomayor said, "Let's talk - you want to talk about the tax power."And I got like a 10-minute run on the tax power. And, boy, was I glad I did because I was able to get across this idea that, yes, this is a narrower ground on which you can affirm it. And I think everybody agrees. I think even the dissenting justices ultimately in the case agreed that, if Congress had expressly called it a tax, it would be indisputably constitutional.” IfsThinkingWantSaidIdeasWould BeRunningAbleJusticeBoysCasesMinutesTaxesAgreeCongressGlad Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“We're going to build a wall. Donald Trump never said it's going to go from one end of the country, from the Gulf to the Pacific, and he'll use good judgment about that. And there are ways, through tax and regulation policies, that we can - and immigrant fees - that this could be paid for. I have not studied the details of it but, absolutely, I think that is possible.” ThinkingWaySaidEndsCountryUsePolicyWallTrumpTaxesJudgmentPaidDetailsImmigrantsRegulationPacificFeesGood Judgment Author:Jeff Sessions
“It's why we oppose Citizens United from that right-wing Supreme Court. In 2012, I also said the Tea Party "acted like terrorists" and called a donut shop manager in Milwaukee who wanted lower taxes a "smartass." And I said the number one issue is a three-letter word, J-O-B-S." I'm proud of who I am.” SaidWantedThreeUnitedPartyNumbersIssuesProudCitizensTaxesLettersCourtWingsTerroristSupremeWho I AmManagersTeaShopsSupreme CourtRight WingTea PartyDonutsSmartassMilwaukeeCitizens United Author:Joe Biden
“First of all, she Hillary Clinton is going to raise taxes on the middle class. I actually think that's the only truthful thing she's said in about three weeks.” ThinkingFirstsSaidThreeClassWeekMiddleTaxesRaisesClintonMiddle ClassTruthful Author:Rudy Giuliani
“If Donald Trump had said something like I'm going to raise taxes on the middle class, it would be all over the news. You would be questioning his sanity.” IfsSaidWould BeClassMiddleTrumpTaxesNewsRaisesMiddle ClassSanityQuestioning Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Donald Trump wants to dramatically reduce America's corporate tax rate (to 15%) and thereby unleash economic growth. Hillary Clinton hasn't said a word about lowering corporate tax rates. Being a Fedzillacrat, you don't need to be an economic soothsayer to know that she supports taxing the producers and further strangling America's anemic economy.” KnowsWantNeedsSaidAmericaGrowthSupportEconomyEconomicTrumpTaxesClintonRateProducersCorporateEconomic GrowthStrangling Author:Ted Nugent
“In 1848, Karl Marx said, a progressive income tax is needed to transfer wealth and power to the state. Thus, Marx's Communist Manifesto had as its major economic tenet a progressive income tax. ... I say it is time to replace the progressive income tax with a national retail sales tax, and it is time to abolish the IRS.” SaidStatesWealthEconomicNeededTaxesMajorsIncomeProgressiveCommunistTransfersIncome TaxAbolishRetailIrsManifestosCommunist ManifestoSales TaxRetail Sales Author:James Traficant
“Sometimes, you know, once you pay your taxes and once you pay your expenses, once you've lived this life, things add up quickly. And it's easy to become a statistic. And that's something I've always tried to avoid, and I've always said, hey - not that it won't be me, that, hey, it could be me.” KnowsSaidSometimesEasyPayTaxesAddHeyThis LifeExpenses Author:Venus Williams
“I think it's important to look at what we need to do to get the economy going again. That's why I said new jobs with rising incomes, investments, not in more tax cuts that would add $5 trillion to the debt.” ThinkingNeedsLooksSaidImportantJobsEconomyCuttingTaxesAddInvestmentDebtIncomeRisingTax CutsNew Job Author:Hillary Clinton
“Independent experts have looked at what I've proposed and looked at what Donald's [Trump] proposed, and basically they've said this, that if his tax plan, which would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy, were to go into effect, we would lose 3.5 million jobs and maybe have another recession.” IfsSaidJobsLosesClassMillionsPlansMiddleEffectsTrumpTaxesIndependentBlowDebtInstanceExpertsMiddle ClassWealthyDisadvantagesRecessionsMiddle Class Family Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump started this campaign in 2014 he said if I run for president I'll absolutely release my taxes.” IfsSaidRunningPresidentTrumpTaxesCampaignsRelease Author:Tim Kaine
“Donald Trump has broken his first promise [to release taxes]. Second he stood on this stage last week and when Hillary said you haven't been paying taxes, he said, that makes me smart. So it's smart not to pay for our military. It's smart not to pay for veterans, it's smart not to pay for teachers and I guess all of us who do pay for those things I guess we're stupid.” FirstsSaidLastsPayTeacherWeekStageMilitaryHavensStupidBrokenTrumpPromiseTaxesSmartReleaseVeteranPaying Taxes Author:Tim Kaine
“I want to have a tax on people who are making a million dollars. It's called the Buffett rule. Yes, Warren Buffett is the one who's gone out and said somebody like him should not be paying a lower tax rate than his secretary. I want to have a surcharge on incomes above $5 million.” PeopleWantShouldSaidMillionsGoneTaxesDollarsRateIncomeSecretaryMillion DollarsBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Hillary Clinton