Tax Quotes · Page 5

The Liberal carbon tax is just about raising revenue for government.

— Andrew Scheer

I have not purposely gone out to try to avoid paying income tax.

— Harry Redknapp

If no estate tax is imposed, capital gains taxes can be avoided indefinitely.

— Richard Thaler

I think there's a lot to be said for changing the balance of what we tax: wealth versus work.

— Pete Buttigieg

There's a lot to be said for expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit.

— Pete Buttigieg

If you just want money and tax cuts and stuff, fine - just stop acting like you're moral.

— Neal Brennan

We need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work.

— Erik Paulsen

The Right has focused on expanding economic liberty through tax cuts, free trade, and deregulation.

— Michael J. Knowles

There is one funding suggestion that should be part of any transportation discussion, but most people don't want to talk about it…

— Michael Capuano

Why do tax havens exist? Because rich countries allow them to. If the U.S. came down on tax havens in the same…

— Ha-Joon Chang

While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome…

— Tim Bishop

The notion that a company would give up on this nation to get a tax break isn't going to sit well with…

— Dick Durbin

Tax can be structured in a way that actually encourages investment in infrastructure and encourages investment in Australia from overseas.

— Andrew Forrest

We believe in lowering taxes for everyone, and those tax reductions should be targeted at people with middle and modest incomes, and…

— Pierre Poilievre

Foreign investors like decisiveness; they like clarity. There isn't any confusion about Ireland's corporate tax rate: it is 12.5%. End of story.

— Enda Kenny

Maybe instead of asking political candidates to submit tax returns, we really should be asking to see their brain scans.

— Daniel Levitin

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not only made the tax code…

— Barney Frank

By allowing super wealthy corporations and individuals to avoid paying their fair share of tax, tax havens are denying governments' revenue that…

— Winnie Byanyima

The tax code is very inefficient. Both the personal tax code and the corporate tax code. By closing loopholes and lowering rates,…

— Ben Bernanke

I like Ronald Reagan, who didn't play crass politics, and he just articulated and delivered on broad themes that were needed. Free…

— Dave Brat

And that's why I wrote the book, because our country really needs to understand, if people in this nation understood what our…

— John Perkins

The Business Profits Tax, which is imposed on in-state businesses, we need to impose the same thing on out-of-state businesses, because the…

— Craig Benson

In the case of the Democrats' 2009 budget request, the statement of need could not have been articulated any clearer: We need…

— Roy Blunt

Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rates and the closing of…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

I don't think we should reduce the corporate tax rate.

— Zephyr Teachout

Many people are smart enough to know how to manage themselves out of the estate tax.

— Gary Cohn

Tax season always means a deluge of tax advice. Unfortunately, most of it is futile and lightweight.

— Robert Kiyosaki

For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.

— Tyler Cowen

Full and immediate expensing is widely recognized as one of the most pro-growth tax policies around.

— Kevin Brady

I still pay full tax when I work in England and the same when I work in America.

— Sean Connery

Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were.

— Erskine Bowles

If something happens, something happens, that's life. You are going to be hurt - that's the tax.

— Taylor Russell

If people buy my books for vanity, I consider it a tax on idiocy.

— Umberto Eco

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a leap forward to a fairer and less confusing tax system.

— Chris Sununu

It may be that the carbon tax is the final chapter in the strange death of Labor Australia.

— Richard Flanagan

Actually, I'm a strong supporter of comprehensive tax reform.

— John S. Watson

We shall tax and tax, and spend and spend, and elect and elect.

— Harry Hopkins

Democrats must rally behind a low-rate, broad-based tax system that is fair, simple and efficient.

— Bill Bradley

Student loan origination fees are nothing more than a hidden tax that burdens students.

— Mike Braun

At a certain point, you can't tax people beyond a certain level.

— Meredith Whitney