I love April, but as a self-employed writer, I’m knee-deep in tax receipts and spreadsheet misery.

I love to hear what our great minds have said about their own tax miseries:

“We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” — Winston Churchill

“I don’t know if I can live on my income or not — the government won’t let me try it.” — Bob Thaves

“They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.” — Al Capone

Hey, Al, you make me want to get into the bookie business.

“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” — Albert Einstein

“Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income tax form than it does to make the income.” — Alfred E. Neuman

“A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for........

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