Jerry Reinsdorf Quotes

Income splitting is not a wise investment for Canadians.

What I advise clients is, sell, pay the tax and be happy. Don't ask me to find a replacement unless it's land.

I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income.

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.

I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.

I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you're then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more.

Working hard to earn more money and then giving it away in higher taxes isn't financially intelligent, even if you do put some of it into a retirement account.

I'm in spend-down. I've got a billion in cash. You can't leave people a billion pounds, can you?

The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.

A one-time tax does not get figured into people's investment decisions.

Getting a tax refund is nice, but having more money year-round is better. If you get a chunk of change from the IRS, you're giving the government an interest-free loan - not something they, or any bank, would ever give you. Instead, change your withholding so you get a little extra in each paycheck.

Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

I am not evading tax in any way, shape or form. Now of course I am minimizing my tax and if anybody in this country doesn't minimize their tax they want their heads read because as a government I can tell you you're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra.

Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one's affairs so as to make taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor, and do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more taxes than the law demands. Taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions.

They rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason when it comes to taxes. That is to slip the bill and stick you with it.

Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes.

Tax has generated a significant amount of discussion, and companies are forced to do what they can to maintain that global competitiveness and perform.

I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it.

I am not going to fiddle taxes. I pay my accountant a fortune to look after me.

I happen to love financial services.

When you first make money, you're just excited that you have it and just buy things on a whim. You don't really think about the implications that taxes have, because when you owe money, all of a sudden all of the money in your account - it's gone!

I have a real estate development company. I have investments in all sorts of things, and I dabble all over the place.

When I retired from Aetna, I became part of the private equity world. It turned out to be a natural fit.

Have you seen a copy of Tax Tips for Billionaires?