Jeff Duncan Quotes

When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes.

'Tax Collector' was optioned for a series with F/X, but it never happened. I guess they ran into a problem trying to figure out why someone would tune in to watch a show about a guy who works for the IRS.

Fear is the key element for the IRS in achieving its mission. Without fear, the IRS would have a difficult time maintaining our so-called system of ‘voluntary compliance’ .... Given the opportunity, the IRS will take the easy way out and grab whatever it can... the IRS does not really care about you and what your future... may be

On the IRS website, they claim to be one of the world's most efficient tax administrators. The IRS officials might know how to collect taxes, but surely know how to misspend the funds.

Obama's IRS is not the IRS I've ever known for over seventy years as an American citizen.

The Internal Revenue Service is more ruthless than the Gestapo. Abolish the IRS! Stamp out organized crime!

Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.

You know, the taxing authority of the United States is our most powerful weapon. You know, the reason we separated from England was because the British were using it abusively.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

No taxation without respiration.

Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position.

Does the Internal Revenue Service work for you or do you work for them?

It will be a sad day for the revenues if the good will of the people toward their taxing system is frittered away in efforts to accomplish by taxation moral reforms that cannot be accomplished by direct legislation.

Each year, we learn that customer service diminishes. You may argue it's because the IRS budget has been cut, but I'm going to argue that it's because the IRS chooses to spend its funds in other areas like the Affordable Care Act, bonuses, and conferences.

No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.

1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes.

The taxpayer group in every state is always - always referred to as nuts.

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

Americans for Tax Reform is a national taxpayer organization dedicated to opposing any and all tax increases. We work at the national, state and local level for lower taxes, less government spending and limited government.