♦ IRS MOTTO: “We’re not happy until you’re not happy!”
♦ Q: How many IRS agents does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Only one, but the light bulb really gets screwed.
From Garrison Keillor’s ‘Pretty Good Joke Book’. Sent to me by R. Scott Shifley.
♦ “Ignore them and they’ll go away” is great advice for some of life’s annoyances. Unfortunately, it doesn’t apply to taxes. Martha C. White, Time.com April 17, 2012.
♦ Cutting its (IRS) budget is like killing the goose that lays golden eggs — or at least putting her in a smaller pen and feeding her less. By Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool 2-1-12
♦ A white business envelope with your name in the cellophane window and the return address of the IRS. Attention from the Internal Revenue Service can mean only one thing: They want your money. Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel, 5-6-12
♦ Over the years and out of literally thousands of tax protestors who have been criminally prosecuted, a very small handful have won acquittals in their criminal trials, by convincing the jury that they were too stupid to understand that they had to pay taxes. Financial & Tax Fraud Education Associates, Inc.
♦ Here’s a funny story relayed by Internal Revenue Service call center agents: Taxpayers sometimes call in to complain they have mistakenly received letters intended for someone named “Levy.” Gadi Dechter, Government Executive, May 16, 2011.
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