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.)
Infernal Revenue - Archie Bunker
Read my lips: no new taxes. - George Bush
Expenditure rises to meet income. - Northcote Parkinson
Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan
Didn't he take the exercise tax off cars? - Archie Bunker
All government, of course, is against liberty. - H L Mencken
Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
Life is about making an impact, not making an income. - Kevin Kruse
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison
A hypocrite is a man who pays his taxes with a smile. - Will Rogers
We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes. - Leona Helmsley
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
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. - Edith Sitwell
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers
Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness. - Archie Bunker
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
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. - P.J. O'Rourke
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. - e e cummings
At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. - Bono
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. - Will Rogers
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
Every American should have above average income, and my administration is going to see they get it. - Bill Clinton
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business. - Will Rogers
Where there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. - Plato
When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. - George Pataki
Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller
The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid. - Will Rogers
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. - Plato
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. - Thomas Jefferson
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire
Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. - Judith Viorst
Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes;
The wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year. - Ogden Nash
Read my lips: no new taxes. - George Bush
Expenditure rises to meet income. - Northcote Parkinson
Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan
Didn't he take the exercise tax off cars? - Archie Bunker
All government, of course, is against liberty. - H L Mencken
Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
Life is about making an impact, not making an income. - Kevin Kruse
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison
A hypocrite is a man who pays his taxes with a smile. - Will Rogers
We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes. - Leona Helmsley
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
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. - Edith Sitwell
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers
Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness. - Archie Bunker
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
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. - P.J. O'Rourke
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. - e e cummings
At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. - Bono
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. - Will Rogers
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
Every American should have above average income, and my administration is going to see they get it. - Bill Clinton
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business. - Will Rogers
Where there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. - Plato
When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. - George Pataki
Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller
The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid. - Will Rogers
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. - Plato
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. - Thomas Jefferson
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire
Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. - Judith Viorst
Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes;
The wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year. - Ogden Nash
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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