1 | ->''"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."'' |
2 | -->-- '''Creator/BenjaminFranklin''', ''Letter to Jea-Baptiste Leroy'', 1789 |
3 | |
4 | ->''"Internal Revenue Service. This was one of those rare government buildings in which someone who uses a calculator for a living can wield more power than a person who carries a gun."'' |
5 | -->-- '''Nick Bilton''', ''American Kingpin'' |
6 | |
7 | ->''"Are the neighbors watching me?\ |
8 | Well, is the mailman watching me?\ |
9 | And I don't feel safe anymore!\ |
10 | Oh, what a mess!\ |
11 | I wonder who's watching me now?\ |
12 | The '''''[[AnythingButThat IRS]]'''''?!"'' |
13 | -->-- '''Rockwell''', "Somebody's Watching Me" |
14 | |
15 | ->''"If you drive a car, I'll tax the street\ |
16 | If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat\ |
17 | If you get too cold I'll tax the heat\ |
18 | If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet"'' |
19 | -->--'''Music/TheBeatles''', "Taxman" |
20 | |
21 | ->''"Perhaps ''everyone'' runs from the 'tax-man'?"'' |
22 | -->-- '''Leela''', ''Series/DoctorWho'' - "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunMakers The Sun Makers]]" |
23 | |
24 | ->''"This was a noble house once, lad! [=McDucks=] sailed forth in fear o' no man born o' woman ... except maybe the tax collector!"'' |
25 | -->--''Comicbook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' |
26 | |
27 | ->'''Lister:''' Relax, it doesn't matter now. Not gonna catch you now, are they?\ |
28 | '''Rimmer:''' What? Just because we're three million years into deep space and the human species is extinct? That means nothing to these people. They'll find us. |
29 | -->-- ''Series/RedDwarf'', "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIBetterThanLife Better Than Life]]", after Rimmer receives an ancient tax bill from Outland Revenue. |
30 | |
31 | ->''"Commander, the IRS has been called a terrorist enclave. Rest assured, we are."'' |
32 | -->-- ''VideoGame/StrikeCommander'' |
33 | |
34 | ->''"When Creator/ChuckNorris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself crouched and ready to attack. Creator/ChuckNorris has never had to pay taxes. Ever."''\ |
35 | \ |
36 | ''"...That's not true! That is '''not''' true!''" |
37 | -->-- ''[[https://youtu.be/WYLvdLWkhk8?t=108 Chuck Norris hears his own facts...]]'' |
38 | |
39 | ->''"Uncle Sam: Reaching into your shirt and squeezing your tit till it's purple."'' |
40 | -->-- '''Captain Byron Hadley''', ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' |
41 | |
42 | ->''"Gosh! I never get mail! I wonder who sent this.\ |
43 | \ |
44 | There's no return address! In its place there's a crude human skull with X's for eyes and its tongue hanging out!\ |
45 | \ |
46 | Maybe it's the IRS."'' |
47 | -->--'''Calvin''', ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' |
48 | |
49 | ->''"[For] the Taxxons, [[HorrorHunger who were massive worms that lived in a constant state of insatiable hunger that at times drove them to cannibalism]], we’re pretty sure they were invented on or around April 15[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke The day when Americans are supposed to pay their taxes]][[/note]]."'' |
50 | -->--Creator/KAApplegate on one of ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}''' more outstanding alien species |
51 | |
52 | ->'''Miles Cramer:''' I can't reach you... I can't beat you... [[{{Determinator}} and you won't give up]]?\ |
53 | '''ComicBook/TheFlash:''' Nope. I promised to collect these taxes.\ |
54 | '''Miles Cramer:''' [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Very well]]. |
55 | -->-- ''The Flash Vol 2 #52'' |
56 | |
57 | ->'''Saul:''' Humor me for a second. You know you need to launder your money, right? Do you understand the basics of it; placement, layering, integration?\ |
58 | '''Jesse:''' I ain't buying no damn hair salon, so just forget it.\ |
59 | '''Saul:''' Well, you want to stay out of jail, don't yah? You want to keep your money ''and'' your freedom? 'Cuz I got three little letters for you, I-R-S. If they can get [[UsefulNotes/AlCapone Capone]], they can get ''you''. |
60 | -->--''Series/BreakingBad'', "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E9Kafkaesque Kafkaesque]]" |
61 | |
62 | ->'''Government:''' You owe us money. It's called taxes.\ |
63 | '''Me:''' How much do I owe?\ |
64 | '''Government:''' You have to figure that out.\ |
65 | '''Me:''' I just pay what I want?\ |
66 | '''Government:''' Oh, no we know exactly how much you owe. But you have to guess that number too.\ |
67 | '''Me:''' What if I get it wrong?\ |
68 | '''Government:''' You go to prison. |
69 | -->--Website/{{Twitter}}, on why dealing with taxes are both frustrating and intimidating. |
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