Sheldon Whitehouse Quotes

We're going after the possibilities of tax fraud, insurance fraud, securities fraud. We're going to look at this stuff very closely. We have the jurisdiction, we have the resources, and we have the will.

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud.

The income tax created more criminals than other single act of government.

Anybody has a right to evade taxes if he can get away with it.

Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsified, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under Title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

The can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.

I didn't pay my taxes for years.

There are some very plain, very simple offences in the Fraud Act 2006 that can be applied to price manipulation. For example, there's fraud by false representation. This is aimed at people who say something misleading to line their pockets or cause financial harm to someone else.

When, as an individual, you are not paying taxes, it is evasion. As a corporate, it is legal shrewdness or tax engineering.

I think people have a legitimate right to minimise their tax obligations if they can, but they should pay their fair whack. I do think it's important to be transparent.

A very small proportion of the country's black money is in the movie industry. Because we are written about, public attention is focused on us. Do you think there is no black money in other businesses? With the exception of government servants and others who have tax deducted at source, there are tax evaders in every walk of life.

When people write about me, they usually start off with the headline 'World's Greatest Con Man.'

The best way to shine a light on all of this 'dark money' flooding into our elections would be for Congress to pass legislation requiring all organizations to disclose their political spending in a timely manner.

The black money issue should not be misunderstood as one of merely avoiding taxes. It is, in fact, a major systemic crime of denying the nation's financial system the proceeds of wealth. Such denial should actually be declared as treason, where opportunities to share the wealth for the benefit of the poor are wilfully denied.

Confiscatory taxation enforced by threat of imprisonment is 'stealing,' a practice strongly frowned upon by our Creator.

There are no taxes that are unpaid, nor were there any taxes that I was responsible for that didn't get paid.

I committed pretty much the worst thing you can do, which is defraud the readers.

If you have Trump avoiding income tax and money coming in, and then he's still able to control it and use it as if it was his income to help his interests, then you're starting to see a bigger legal problem.

Historically, figuring out what to do to the tax code has been almost as contentious a political issue as judicial appointments.

You know what? I've never paid taxes in my life. I'm probably going to go to jail.

Tax abuse is a scourge on our global community, but especially for Africa.

I did not use a Cayman Island entity to avoid paying taxes for myself.

The New York Times' coverage of Trump's taxes is an emperor-has-no-clothes moment.

To try and nick a few quid off the income tax... Why? I am not into that. I don't need that.

If you're in people's living-rooms, via the television, it's what happens. You're more noticeable. But I'm not aware that anyone has said I pay a lower rate of tax. I don't. I pay my full share of tax, believe you me.