Quotes About Compliance

When you're working on a Marvel movie, their legal department do not play.

Despite its heightened duty, at times the SEC has been inattentive to economic analysis.

One goal of law - as we learn in law school from the first day of contracts - is to deter bad behavior.

Although Customs and Border Protection analyzes cargo and other information to target specific shipments for closer inspection, it still physically inspects only a small fraction of the containers under its purview.

Just because you can buy an exploding target, does not mean that it is legal to mix and explode.

When shooting exploding rifle targets, check with local and state laws.

Since the 1970s, California has failed to carry out its most basic tasks under the Clean Air Act.

From the time I was taught how to drive, I was taught how to behave when I'm stopped.

The U.S. tax code was written by A students. Every April 15, we have to pay somebody who got an A in accounting to keep ourselves from being sent to jail.

Don't tax more than you have to.

As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax.

Most economies have a fair amount of tax evasion, depending on how their data systems are.

Americans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records.

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

Businesses large and small shouldn't have to check the expiration date of a tax provision to see if it's still good.

I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires.

A growth strategy requires tax rates that people are prepared to pay and cannot avoid or do not wish to avoid by going offshore or leaving the country.

The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.

All I'm doing is I'm filling out my tax returns - or my accountants are, and I'm paying whatever I'm supposed to pay, though I'm giving away a large amount of the money and that probably lowers my tax rate because I'm giving away so much money. But change the law, but don't blame me for the law. I'm not writing the law. I didn't write the law.

The complexity of a tax system is every bit as damaging to competitiveness as the overall tax rate. The more convoluted the tax code becomes, the more time we have to take off work to comply with it.

I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it.

You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.

It's not Apple's fault that they're seeking to avoid paying taxes. They're not lying, cheating or stealing. They're following the rules that were created by governments. If the government doesn't like the rules, they can change them.

It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally.