Quotes on Income Tax

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.

It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and worries about income tax.

If income tax is the price you have to pay to keep the government on its feet, alimony is the price we have to pay for sweeping a woman off hers.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on!

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.

This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when asked about completing his income tax form)