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Preparing your tax return is enough to make just about any one of us weep like young children. The tax code is insanely complex. Before you begin, print this out and read it when you are getting stressed out. A good laugh can make a big difference.

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

Do you realize that some tax forms ask you to check a box if you are BLIND?

When You Do a Good Deed, Get a Receipt, in Case Heaven Is Like the IRS.

Earlier today, the White House released President Bush’s tax return. Not surprisingly, under dependents, the president listed Iraq. - Conan O’Brien

Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in your life, with the possible exception of your kids. - Harvey Mackay

There may be liberty and justice for all, but there are tax breaks only for some. - Martin A. Sullivan

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire

The United States has a system of taxation by confession. - Hugo Black

Why can’t Americans do their own taxes? Because the federal Tax Code is out of control, that’s why. It’s gigantic and insanely complex, and it gets worse all the time. Nobody has ever read the whole thing. IRS workers are afraid to go into the same ROOM with it. - Dave Barry

Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form. - Laurence J. Peter

When there’s a single thief, it’s robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it’s taxation. - Vanya Cohen

Behind every man who achieves success, Stands a mother, a wife and the IRS. - Ethel Jacobs

Taxes are important. President Bush’s tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of President Bush helping the kind of people they wish they were one of. - Andy Rooney

And to you taxpayers out there, let me say this: Make sure you file your tax return on time! And remember that, even though income taxes can be a “pain in the neck,” the folks at the IRS are regular people just like you, except that they can destroy your life. - Dave Barry

If we don’t do something to simplify the tax system, we’re going to end up with a national police force of internal revenue agents. - Leon Panetta

Last 5 posts by Barry Waxller

• Don't Throw Good Money After Bad - May 6th, 2008
• Converting Home Equity Into Income for Retirement - April 7th, 2008
• Reverse Mortgages - What Are They? - March 7th, 2008
• Plan For Retirement Now Because Time Flies - February 7th, 2008

Tags: Taxes