Looking for tax puns and jokes to lighten up the busy season?

Ah yes, tax season humor - the only thing that keeps us going! Here are a few of my favorites: Why don't accountants read novels? Because the only numbers in them are page numbers. What's an accountant's favorite band? The Counting Crows. How can you tell when an accountant is extroverted? They look at YOUR shoes when talking to you instead of their own. Did you hear about the accountant who stayed up all night trying to balance the books? In the morning, he finally succeeded - he put them on top of his head! Why was the tax form confused? Because it had too many schedules to keep up with! And my personal favorite: What do accountants suffer from that ordinary people don't? Depreciation.

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My favorite tax joke is more of a dad joke: I told my accountant I wanted to evade taxes. She said that's not a good idea, so now I'm avoiding them instead. Also: What's the definition of an accountant? Someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.

Not exactly a joke, but my grandpa (retired accountant) always says "It's called tax return because the government takes your money then returns a tiny bit back and expects you to be grateful." I laugh every time but maybe it's more tragedy than comedy...

My client sent me this one: "What's the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist only takes your skin." I couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry because I was literally working on his 1040 with substantial underpayment penalties at that exact moment...

Here's one that perfectly captures tax season desperation: "Why did the taxpayer bring a ladder to the IRS office? Because they heard the rates were going through the roof!" And this classic: "What's the difference between death and taxes? Death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets." But honestly, after reading through all these comments, I'm starting to think we accountants have developed Stockholm syndrome with our own profession. We're sitting here making jokes about the thing that's slowly destroying our will to live! 😂 Anyone else feel like tax humor is just our collective coping mechanism for choosing a career that peaks in stress from January to April every single year?