闲言税语五

36、It’s a game. We （tax lawyers）teach the rich how to play it so they can stay rich and the IRS keeps changing the rules so we can keep getting rich teaching them.

这是场游戏。我们（税务律师）教富人如何在这场游戏中保持富有——而税务局则不断变化游戏规则使得我们在教授富人如何应税中变得愈加富有。

37、Death and taxes are both certain…But death isn’t annual.

死亡和税收你都是躲不掉的…但死亡却不会年年发生。

38、We don’t have, and never had, and could not have a “voluntary” tax system.

一种“心甘情愿”的税收制度从前没有，现在未有，将来也不可能拥有。

39、There’s only one kind of tax that would please everybody — one that nobody but the other guy has to pay.

能让众人满意的只有一种税，就是那种别人不得不缴（而自己不用交）的税。

40、The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

合法避税与偷税的区别是牢墙之隔而已。

41、I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

我喜欢纳税。交了税，我可以购买文明。

42、I am taxed on my income . This is perfectly gorgeous .I never felt so important in my life.

我的收入被课了税。这简直太棒了，我这辈子从没觉得如此重要过。

43、Ideas of fairness in taxation are usually nebulous.

公平这一概念在税收领域一向是模糊不清的。

44、Of all debts, men are least willing to pay taxes. What a satire this is on government !