Ten tax related musings that will make you smile

 

1. Why is simplification such a long word?
2. A tax conscience is that small inner voice that tells you that the Special Civil Investigation Office will be writing to you.
3. If taxes are the answer, what was the question?
4. Why is it that HMRC can make 'mistakes' but taxpayers are always negligent?
5. Haggis and tax laws are both the the result of bloody processes; the end result is a mystery and you wouldn't want to watch either being made.
6. Is it true that HMRC's computer believes that the generation of names for random enquiry is too important to be left to chance?
7. If you fill in your tax return before breakfast then nothing worse can happen to you all day.
8. Due to taxation, politicians find it increasingly difficult to reconcile their net incomes with their gross habits.
9. Is the Eiffel Tower a warning as to what will happen to Canary Wharf after taxes?
10. Has the self assessment system resulted in the United Kingdom becoming a land of untold wealth?