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Tax Report is Nobody's Cup of Tea! Here's funny quotes about Tax in America!

 ‘T.S. Eliot said “April is the cruelest month” in his famous poem The Wasteland. Well, things are not quite different from Americans today because April is normally the busy month of tax report. (Due to pandemic situation, the due date for tax filing deadline for 2021 has extended to May 17.) Here are some funny quotes about tax. Enjoy!

 


“What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.” ….. Mark Twain

*taxidermist: a person whose job is to prepare the skins of dead animals and birds and fill them with a special material to make them look as if they were alive

 

“Intaxication is the feeling you get when you receive a tax refund until you realize it was your own money in the first place!”…..anonymous

 

 

“I never appreciate my kids more than when I’m doing my taxes.” …..anonymous

 

 

“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” ……..Calvin Coolidge

 

 

Psychiatrist to his patient: “Of course, you have a purpose in life. You pay taxes, don’t you?”

 

 

“When it comes t”o taxes, there are two types of people. There are those that get it done early, also known as ‘psychopaths’, and then the rest of us.” …. Jimmy Kimmel

 

 

“A person doesn’t know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.”….. Ann Landers

 

 

“The Government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.”…. George Bernard Shaw

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