Tony Visconti Quotes

No matter who you are, if you have a $30 operating loss, you can carry it forward to the next year. And poor people do take advantage of that, also.

If I get married I get a tax break, if I have a kid I get a tax break, if I get a mortgage I get a tax break. I don't have any kids and I drive a hybrid, I think I should get a tax break. I'm trying to pay off my apartment so I have something tangible. I actually figured out if I paid off my place my reward would be that I would pay an extra four grand a year in taxes.

Most accountants will tell you the majority of small businesses run as an S Corporation.

I try getting in front of as many opportunities as possible, but in the late '90s, I had no idea that I'd end up being CFO of a technology company. I'd no idea what venture capital was.

The world has shifted to the palm of our hand, or a tablet. We hadn't been investing in 'Quicken' that way.

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.

I am the despair of my accountant; I am the plastic bags of receipts.

It contains almost 190,000 accounts. At the rate of one per minute, eight hours a day, it would take over a year to reflect upon these.

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.

The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest.

Income splitting is not a wise investment for Canadians.

Paper is at the center of so many of the elements of the development of civilization.

We should address the issues for nonprofits and pensions and why they need to invest in these offshore funds.

Because of fiscal responsibility, we will keep taxes low and maintain important priorities like IPERS.

I don't know about technology and I don't know about finance and accounting.

Right now I think I'm the smartest I've ever been. I'm doing everything great now and everything perfect. Like with this taxes stuff. I'm getting better at that. I'm making sure everything is a write-off. Every single thing.

He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 l. a year, which is the Price of using 100 l.

By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.

Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.

I only made x amount of albums in 20 years and to still be living comfortably. A lot of people and friends look at me and be like yo Ra how do you do it? You don't go on tour every year and you don't make an album every year, you chill with your family and watch TV. Everyone else is out on tour getting that money. But I managed to do my thing right with the help of my accountant and I'm still comfortable.

I'm pleased that I've balanced budgets. I was on the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business. I went into the Olympics that was out of balance, and we got it on balance, and made a success there. I had the chance to be governor of a state. Four years in a row, Democrats and Republicans came together to balance the budget. We cut taxes 19 times and balanced our budget.

Any Government, like any family, can for a year spend a little more than it earns. But you and I know that a continuation of that habit means the poorhouse.

I was in the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business.

Rich people always have a certain degree of debt. Apparently it helps to reduce taxes. I'm not so hot on the bean-counting side.

Our civilization depends largely on paper.