The first 9 pages of the Internal Revenue Code define income; the remaining 1,100 pages spin the web of exceptions and preferences.
In 2009, my tax returns showed over $4 million.
I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form.
There should be a 100% income tax in incomes above the amount needed to supply all the comforts and true refinements of life.
The problem with being an employee or self-employed is you pay the highest taxes.
I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.
It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
When I started to pay income tax, I was 50 years old.
America's got quite reasonable tax rates from an employee point of view.
Most years, if you were to ask me how much I make, the genuine answer is that I have no clue. I usually find out the answer to that question once a year, at tax time, when my accountant tells me.
PAYE means pay as you earn but it could also mean Pretty Accurate Yet Estimated.
