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Just for Fun
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 1040-DOG 
 A humorous take on the familiar IRS 1040 tax form, presented as an "Individual Canine Income Tax Return." This page links to a commercial site, dogware.com, but the form may be viewed and enjoyed online for free. http://www.dogware.com/1040-DOG.htm Topics: Humor, Tax Filing Season Last updated Apr 14, 2005 Best of TaxLetter: The Humorous Side of Taxes
"The funniest stories from fifteen years of TaxLetter are now collected in a single place." About three dozen tales from a CPA's newsletter (apparently defunct). http://www.starkman.com/bestof/bestof.html Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated Apr 13, 2004 Cosmic Income Tax
"In a 'truly enlightened' society, Uncle Sam's yearly required report would contain a lot of different types of deductions." Provides suggested deductions and a restyled income tax form. Tax time humor from an organization "dedicated to rediscovering wisdom, peace, joy and harmony within ourselves." http://innerself.com/Humor/Cosmic_Income_Tax.htm Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated Apr 13, 2004 Frank and Ernest: Tax Relief
Tax-themed cartoons from this syndicated comic strip that "chronicles the adventures of two 'every man' characters who are anything but ordinary." Also includes an interactive tax cartoon story and a searchable archive. http://www.frankandernest.com/view/theme-tax.html Topics: Art, Humor, Tax Filing Season Last updated Feb 16, 2005 Lady Godiva: The Naked Truth
This article examines the myth of Lady Godiva's ride, which she is claimed to have taken when her husband told her "he would lower taxes when she rode a horse, naked, through the streets ... [of Coventry] at midday." The article states that "most medieval scholars agree the ride never took place." The article also discusses the role of "Peeping Tom," "who doesn't even appear ... until the seventeenth century." From the Harvard Magazine. http://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/lady-godiva-the-naked-tr.html Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated May 23, 2008 Political Humor: Tax Jokes
Collection of material and links to sites with "tax jokes, political cartoons, and other itemized objections to income taxes and the IRS." Includes jokes from late-night shows, an income tax return for laid-off dot-com employees with no job prospects, tax humor one-liners, "Income Tax Top 10s," and more. From About.com. http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/taxes/Tax_Jokes.htm Topics: Humor, Tax Filing Season Last updated Feb 17, 2007 The Satirical Political Beliefs Assessment Test
"A Humorous Political Party Quiz to Test If You're an Archconservative, Leftwing Wacko, Antigovernment Libertine or a Commie Sympathizer." Questions are about political and social issues, with a healthy dose of tax humor. http://www.donaldjhagen.com/humoroustest.html Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Politics by Place, Tax Filing Season Last updated Nov 10, 2009 Tax Day ... By All the Top Cartoonists!
A collection of tax-themed cartoons appearing in a variety of national newspapers and other publications. From Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index. http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/Taxes/ Topics: Art, Humor, Tax Filing Season Last updated Aug 14, 2005 Tax Quotes
Small collection of quotations with themes related to taxes and taxation. Includes quotes from personalities such as James Madison, Frederick the Great, Albert Einstein, Plato, and Will Rogers. "These quotes reflect the opinions of their authors; their inclusion here is not an official IRS endorsement of the sentiments expressed." From the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=110483,00.html Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Tax Filing Season Last updated Jan 17, 2006 |
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