IRS Joke

Dear Internal Revenue Service:
Enclosed you will find my 2005 tax return showing the I owe $3407 in taxes. Please note the attached article from the USA Today newspaper, dated November 12, wherein you will see the Pentagon is paying $171.50 per hammer and NASA has paid $600 per toilet seat. I am enclosing four toilet seats (valued at $2400) and six hammers (valued at $1029) which I secured at Home Depot, bringing my total remittance to $3429. Please apply the overpayment of $22 to the Presidential Election Fund as noted on my return. You can do this inexpensively by sending them one 1½" Phillips head screw (see aforementioned article for USA Today detailing how HUD pays $22 each for those screws). One screw is enclosed for your convenience.
It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year.
Sincerely,
A Satisfied Taxpayer



For more jokes from the Backwoods Home Magazine, see the July 2006 Irreverent Joke Page. I especially laughed over the one about the young minister doing the funeral (next-to-last one on the page).