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Famous Tax Quotes - Tax Laws Should Be Intelligible

2023-04-04

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Continuing our series on Famous Tax Quotes (quotes from court opinions and rulings with language that is colorful or that concisely states an important tax principle) today's tax quote is:

Tax laws, like all other laws, are made to be obeyed. They should therefore be intelligible to those who are expected to obey them.

White v. Aronson, 302 U.S. 16 (1937) (quoting Philadelphia Storage Battery Co. v. Lederer, 21 F.2d 320 (E.D. Pa. 1927)).

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