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Jokes That IRS Doesn't Want You to Know
IRS(Internal Revenue Service) 美国国税局不想让你(们)知道的笑话
There was a man who computed his taxes for 1997 and found that he owed $3407. He packaged up his payment and included this letter:
有一个男士计算他1997年的税后发现他欠税 3407美元. 他把应缴的额度打包好, 并且附了下面这封信:
Dear IRS:
亲爱的国税局:
Enclosed is my 1997 Tax Return & payment. Please take note of the attached article from the USA Today newspaper. In the article, you will see that the Pentagon is paying $171.50 for hammers and NASA has paid $600.00 for a toilet seat.
随信附上我1997年的报税单及应缴税款. 请注意一下附件--由今日美国报摘下的文章. 在这篇文章中, 您们会看到五角大厦(Pentagon)打算花171.5美元买锤子, 而美国太空总署(NASA)花了600美元买了个马桶座.
Please find enclosed four toilet seats (value $2400) and six hammers (value $1029).
请找一下我随信附上的四个马桶座(价值2400美元)和六把锤子(价值1029美元)
This brings my total payment to $3429.00. Please note the overpayment of $22.00 and apply it to the 'Presidential Election Fund', as noted on my return. Might I suggest you the send the above mentioned fund a Ƈ.5 inch screw'. (See attached article - HUD paid $22.00 for a 1.5 inch Phillips Head Screw.)
如此累积我的总缴税额至3429美元. 请注意我超付了22美元, 就如我在报税单中所注明的, 请将它们捐至"总统选举专款". 我能否建议您们寄一根1.5英吋的非利普头的螺丝来替代我以上所提出的捐款.(请见附带文章--HUD(Housing and Urban Development) 花了22美元买了一根1.5英吋的非利普头的螺丝)
It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year. I just saw an article about the Pentagon and 'screwdrivers'.
付清我今年的税单真是我的荣幸, 而我已期待着明年缴交所得税. 我刚刚看到一篇关于五角大厦和"螺丝起子"的文章.
Sincerely,
诚挚的,
I. Getscrewed Everyear
艾. 盖兹丝库鲁得 艾微宜尔(音译. 原意为"我每年都被敲诈"--作者故意以此为姓名)