“We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.”
Dave Barry
“Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty”
Mahatma Gandhi
“When I noticed that this patriotic duty stuff was optional, I decided to follow the money instead of the flag.”
Bobby W. Miller
“Because the consumer did not have to pay the amount, it is income in the eyes of the IRS.”
Cindy Hockenberry
“If an investor signed a contract and flipped it three months later, the IRS would say it was not held for a reasonable time, therefore he didn't intend to be an investor. The IRS has taken the position that two years is necessary to show reasonable time, but there are a number of cases where they have taken that position and lost. My own position is that a year and a day is all that is necessary.”
Stephen Wayner
“[But Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who had been among the IRS' critics for not raising the rate, said the IRS hadn't gone far enough.] The IRS, ... took a good first step ... but more needs to be done.”
Charles Schumer
“The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!”
Jerry Seinfeld