Tax Quotes
There is some talk of lowering (the income tax), and they will have to. People are not making enough to pay it.
Our financial ills will never be settled till you fix it so every man will pay an income tax on what he earns, be it a farm, grocery store or municipal or government bonds.
The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose.
It's not rocket science. Hong Kong has 95% tax compliance, because it's code is only 4 pages long with a 15% flat tax.
We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.
I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.
Today is tax day. A lot of people are hoping they get refunds. And that's just the folks here in the audience.
I don't think most Americans understand that, for certain very wealthy people, our federal income tax system is a subsidy system that makes them richer.
As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes.
I don't think any Australian will ever forget, there will never be a Carbon Tax under a government I lead.
I know everybody's income and what everybody earns, And I carefully compare it with the income-tax returns
All the Congress, all the accountants and tax lawyers, all the judges, and a convention of wizards all cannot tell for sure what the income tax law says.
The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.
The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes.
Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.
The only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters, OK? They're the only who ask.
The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.
The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution.
The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.
The payroll tax increase was destructive financially, it took what was a close call and made it a bad call.
The blame for the maddening complications of the federal tax system goes to the people with the most money
I'd like to see a little more action on the energy side of things. I've been pushing for some kind of a carbon tax for years, and it seems to me we've had lots of opportunities to do it.
Carbon tax has the advantage of basically being able to subsidize one set of activities that you want with another set of activities that you don't want. It's like a cigarette tax.
The income tax was devised to give lawyers and certified public accountants business. Few persons can make head, tail, or middle out of it. Einstein admitted he couldn't.
The capital gains tax is 15 percent now. So I sit there in my office and I make a lot of money by capital gains, and I pay 15 percent, and I pay no payroll tax on it.
The woman that comes in, takes the wastebasket away, she's paying 15.3 or whatever it is on payroll tax alone. I mean it is - I never had it so good.
Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.
Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income tax.
This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when asked about completing his income tax form)
Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward.
The zero-income-tax-rate states have far faster growth in tax revenues than did the states with highest income tax rate over this period.
Building new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdated tax system and our broken immigration system creates jobs.
We've got an extraordinarily complex tax system that's full of loopholes that are exploited by special interests. I'd like to see those loopholes closed.
I am not a great fan of the payroll tax holiday because I'm nervous about what it does to the future of Social Security.
Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business leaders.
Portland is a really great city, especially because I'm a shopper and there's no sales tax! That really adds up so fast, because in California, a $1000 pair of shoes ends up costing another $100.
It's April 15, tax day. The federal tax code is over 74,000 pages long. But stick with it because after page 72,000, it gets really good.
I live in Portland now. It's beautiful from day one. The Food and the beer, and no sales tax. Get your iPad while you're here.
I will release my tax returns - against my lawyer's wishes - when she releases her 33,000 e-mails that have been deleted. As soon as she releases them, I will release.
