Mae West Quotes

As far as my tax returns, you don't learn that much from tax returns.

I have paid taxes every year, a lot of taxes.

I pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.

My taxes alone keep eight lawyers busy, and when I finally get my money, it's only one-third of what I earn. With the kids in school and my other responsibilities, I get no change back from the first million dollars. The money flows out like water.

The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax.

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.

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.

Why don't we go all the way and simple take the rich off the tax rolls altogether?

There are other ways of raising money other than the income tax….We got along pretty well without it for many years.

That’s why the tax code is so long [76,000 pages]. So we can take advantage of it.

The A.M.T. is a parallel system for calculating tax liability intended to ensure that high-income taxpayers pay a substantial amount in federal tax even if they have large deductions or other items to offset income.

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.

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

It's that time of year again, April 15, taxes. I know it's depressing, but just remember, you're paying for roads, bridges, hospitals, and an army to keep the nation free. Unfortunately that nation is Afghanistan.

Today is tax day. A lot of people are hoping they get refunds. And that's just the folks here in the audience.

Now, people have a hard time understanding how taxes work.

It's income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that pencil, and stab yourself in the aorta

I used to do my own taxes. You know how you buy that gigantic sheet at Staples, add up the restaurants, clothes, and taxis and glue your receipts into the book month by month? The more money I made, the more complicated things got.

It's not hard to cut taxes.

I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts.

You walk into any supermarket or any shopping mall and ask the public what they are worried about. Not one of them will tell you they are worried about 12 years of Mitt Romney's tax returns.

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

What I want to do is make certain that no one's taxes go up. Let's look at cleaning up the tax code.

As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.