A couple of weeks after hearing a sermon on Psalm 51:2-4 (knowing my own hidden secrets) and Psalm 52:3-4 (lies and deceit), a man wrote the following letter to the IRS:
“I have been unable to sleep, knowing that I have cheated on my income tax. I understated my taxable income, and I have enclosed a check for $150. If I still can’t sleep, I will send the rest.”
Taxing issues with Tax Returns: Tax help for Church-goers
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see also Government, Finance & Stress Sections
2012 Tax Return (U.S.)
DiscourageMeant
IRS Custom Tax Thumb Drive
IRS Middle Class Pencil Sharpener
I.R.S. Humor
New IRS Form
Pay Your Taxes
Revenue Canada Simplified Tax Form
Revenue Canada Subscription Cancellation
The Importance of Tax Return Accuracy (U.K.)
The current tax code is a daily mugging. - Ronald Reagan
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love. - Joe E Lewis
Life is about making an impact, not making an income. - Kevin Kruse
A hypocrite is a man who pays his taxes with a smile. - Will Rogers
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw
We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes. - Leona Helmsley
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken
The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes. - Albert Einstein
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. - Oscar Wilde
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. - Edith Sitwell
The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them. - Bill Vaughan
Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else. - Henry Hazlitt
To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government. - Mark Twain
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. - e e cummings
Taxes are the dues that we pay for the privilege of membership in an organized society. - Franklin D Roosevelt
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke
Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite so satisfying as an income tax refund. - Unknown
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. - Will Rogers
Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income. - Andy Serkis
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev
I believe a little incompatibility is the spice of life, particularly if he has income and she is pattable. - Ogden Nash
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. - George Pataki
Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan
All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every living organism to live beyond its income. - Samuel Butler
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. - Arthur C. Clarke
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. - Napoleon Bonaparte
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. - Thomas Jefferson
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
On my income tax 1040 it says, "Check this box if you are blind." I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away. - Tom Lehrer
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill
I see a good deal of talk from Washington about lowering taxes.
I hope they do get 'em lowered enough so people can afford to pay 'em. - Will Rogers
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love. - Joe E Lewis
Life is about making an impact, not making an income. - Kevin Kruse
A hypocrite is a man who pays his taxes with a smile. - Will Rogers
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw
We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes. - Leona Helmsley
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken
The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes. - Albert Einstein
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. - Oscar Wilde
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. - Edith Sitwell
The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them. - Bill Vaughan
Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else. - Henry Hazlitt
To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government. - Mark Twain
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. - e e cummings
Taxes are the dues that we pay for the privilege of membership in an organized society. - Franklin D Roosevelt
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke
Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite so satisfying as an income tax refund. - Unknown
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. - Will Rogers
Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income. - Andy Serkis
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev
I believe a little incompatibility is the spice of life, particularly if he has income and she is pattable. - Ogden Nash
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. - George Pataki
Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan
All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every living organism to live beyond its income. - Samuel Butler
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. - Arthur C. Clarke
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. - Napoleon Bonaparte
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. - Thomas Jefferson
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
On my income tax 1040 it says, "Check this box if you are blind." I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away. - Tom Lehrer
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill
I see a good deal of talk from Washington about lowering taxes.
I hope they do get 'em lowered enough so people can afford to pay 'em. - Will Rogers
see also Government, Finance & Stress Sections
2012 Tax Return (U.S.)
DiscourageMeant
IRS Custom Tax Thumb Drive
IRS Middle Class Pencil Sharpener
I.R.S. Humor
New IRS Form
Pay Your Taxes
Revenue Canada Simplified Tax Form
Revenue Canada Subscription Cancellation
The Importance of Tax Return Accuracy (U.K.)
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