Taxpayer Education Quotes

It's going to require numerous IRA agents.

Does the Internal Revenue Service work for you or do you work for them?

I voted in support of H.R. 5445, the 21st Century IRS Act, which requires the IRS to place more taxpayer services online.

What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes.

You have educate the masses to exactly what their tax dollars are going to pay for. I think once people educate themselves and open up their minds to understand that on that really basic level, then you'll have some type of change in the way that Americans associate themselves and participate in their own political process.

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

European pantywaists might keep voting for high-spending governments, but the U.S. was founded on a popular revolt against taxation.

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

The Internal Revenue Service is more ruthless than the Gestapo. Abolish the IRS! Stamp out organized crime!

The taxpayer group in every state is always - always referred to as nuts.

When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.

A lot of people are happy to give money to charities but are wary of giving through taxes because they feel it doesn't produce any value.

I think Americans raise eyebrows when you tell them that IRS agents are training with a type of weapon that has stand-off capability. It's not like they're carrying a sidearm, and they knock on someone's door and say, 'You're evading your taxes.'

No taxation without respiration.

The IRS should and must focus on the most important and most egregious and the most in need.

If we want to increase revenue, we need more taxpayers. The way to do that is employ more people.

Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position.

We're not looking for love as tax collectors. We recognize that taxpayers may not be altogether pleased with the bottom line of what we do. But, if they can say to themselves, "I was treated courteously, I was treated promptly and I was treated professionally," then that is part of a customer service that we think is ... appropriate.

I want paying taxes to feel like the accomplishment of a civic duty.

On the IRS website, they claim to be one of the world's most efficient tax administrators. The IRS officials might know how to collect taxes, but surely know how to misspend the funds.

'Tax Collector' was optioned for a series with F/X, but it never happened. I guess they ran into a problem trying to figure out why someone would tune in to watch a show about a guy who works for the IRS.

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

When people pay taxes, they are buying a service and benefit for their community. Colorado Tax Tracks shows taxpayers what they pay and what they buy for their money.

We need to simplify our tax code. We need to make sure that it’s not too cumbersome for people to be able to comply with. And that they don’t end up spending more money trying to file their taxes than they do actually paying in.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.