Mortimer Caplin Quotes

Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.

We have international organizations for health, trade, and football - even for coffee - but not tax. Why not?

I think it's a little unfair for people to say you're not paying your fair share of taxes. I'm paying what I'm supposed to pay. Change the law, and I'll pay what I'm supposed to pay.

Governor Romney has paid 100 percent of his taxes that are owed. He has complied 100 percent with what the law requires.

Corporations must pay tax.

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

We now have so many regulations that everyone is guilty of some [tax] violation

Something is terribly wrong with the tax laws of this country and the way they are enforced. So I quit.

Fear is the key element for the IRS in achieving its mission. Without fear, the IRS would have a difficult time maintaining our so-called system of ‘voluntary compliance’ .... Given the opportunity, the IRS will take the easy way out and grab whatever it can... the IRS does not really care about you and what your future... may be

The Internal Revenue Code is like a tire that has been patched over and over…. At this point however, it is more patch than tire.

I just don't want to pay taxes.

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.

The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

Who's on the case when it comes to the flat tax?

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes.

I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply.

That's the biggest problem, is the tax code itself.

The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion.

When we tax, we are dealing with fire, and without proper controls we can easily burn down everything we have built.

Having businesses be tax collectors is riddled with peril.

We have a tax code that works. It brings in our revenue at the lowest cost of administration in the world.

Congress should know how to levy taxes, and if it doesn't know how to collect them, then a man is a fool to pay the taxes.

We should take a look at our tax system every 75 years or so.

Taxation under every form presents but a choice of evils.

It seems idle to speculate in the abstract as to whether or not a progressive income tax schedule rising to rates in excess of 70 percent are justifiable …. The fact is that such rates cannot be successfully collected.