71 Taxes Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing taxes sayings.
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Short Taxes Sayings
“The power to tax is the power to destroy.” —John Marshall
“Capital punishment: The income tax.” —Jeff Hayes
“The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.” —Will Rogers
“You don’t pay taxes–they take taxes.” —Chris Rock
“There is no such thing as a good tax.” —Winston Churchill
“Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf.” —Will Rogers
“Every advantage has its tax.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” —Calvin Coolidge
“Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.” —Charles Kettering
“We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” —Leona Helmsley
“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“Taxation with representation ain’t so hot either.” —Gerald Barzan
“When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. they’ll find something.” —Doug Horton
“The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.” —Albert Einstein
“Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn’t be related.” —J.C. Watts
“I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“We must care for each other more, and tax each other less.” —Bill Archer
“Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.” —Charles Kettering
“Taxation with representation ain’t so hot either.” —Gerald Barzan
“The payment of taxes gives a right to protection.” —James M. Wayne
“No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity.” —Rush Limbaugh
“America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.” —Laurence J. Peter
“The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.” —Joe E. Lewis
“Tax reform means, don’t tax you, don’t tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.” —Russell Long
“The tax collector must love poor people, he’s creating so many of them.” —Bill Vaughan
“Make sure you pay your taxes; otherwise you can get in a lot of trouble.”–Richard M. Nixon
“Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and bills.” —Unknown
“No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.” —Unknown
Taxes Sayings
“The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.” —Mark Twain
“An income tax form is like a laundry list – either way you lose your shirt.” —Fred Allen
“The taxpayer: that’s someone who works for the federal government, but doesn’t have to take a civil service examination.” —Ronald Reagan
“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
“Death, taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them.” —Margaret Mitchell
“When there’s a single thief, it’s robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it’s taxation.” —Vanya Cohen
“To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.” —Edmund Burke
“If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead — if you strike oil.” —J. Paul Getty
“The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.” —Denis Healey
“A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right.” —Unknown
“Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The politicians say “we” can’t afford a tax cut. Maybe we can’t afford the politicians.” —Steve Forbes
“Death and taxes in life are certain, knowing how to pay only your fair share is third.” —Yvette D. Best
“I am thankful for the taxes I pay because it means that I’m employed.” —Nancie J. Carmody
“Taxes, are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I do believe in tax incentives in order to move the economy forward.” —Steve Southerland
“Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income-tax form than it does to make the income.” —Alfred E. Neuman
“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” —Calvin Coolidge
“Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet–nobody taxes the sun yet.” —Bonnie Raitt
“You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.” —Ronald Reagan
“There may be liberty and justice for all, but there are tax breaks only for some.” —Martin A. Sullivan
“Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.” —Oscar Wilde
“The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax.” —Thomas Dewar
“Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized.” —Albert Bushnell Hart
“People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women.” —Unknown
“Working income is taxed at a higher rate than the non-working income.” —Munir Moon
“The power of taxing people and their property is essential to the very existence of government.” —James Madison
“The best things in life are free, but sooner or later the government will find a way to tax them.” —Unknown
“The power of taxing people and their property is essential to the very existence of government.” —James Madison
“The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.” —Barry Goldwater
“The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.” —Lao Tzu
“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” —Calvin Coolidge
“I don’t know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer.” —Mark Twain
Top Ten Taxes Sayings
Here you will find top ten taxes sayings selected by our team.
- “The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.” —Denis Healey
- “The taxpayer: that’s someone who works for the federal government, but doesn’t have to take a civil service examination.” —Ronald Reagan
- “A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right.” —Unknown
- “When there’s a single thief, it’s robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it’s taxation.” —Vanya Cohen
- “The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.” —Albert Einstein
- “People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women.” —Unknown
- “Death, taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them.” —Margaret Mitchell
- “You don’t pay taxes–they take taxes.” —Chris Rock
- “The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.” —Mark Twain
- “Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet–nobody taxes the sun yet.” —Bonnie Raitt
