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A man and a giraffe walk into a bar. After a few drinks, the giraffe falls over and dies. The man begins to walk out when the bartender stops him.“Hey, you can’t leave that lyin’ there!” The bartender yells out.The man turns around: “It’s not a lion. It’s a giraffe.” 

You had a rough year.  You filed your taxes late and on top of that, you were not able to pay the taxes owed.  Now you received a letter from the IRS.  😱  With trembling hands and a racing heart, you open the letter to find you owe hundreds maybe even thousands in penalties on top of the taxes yo...

Don't use "beef stew" as a computer password. It's not stroganoff. Why are iPhone chargers not called Apple Juice?! Q. What do you call it when you have your mom's mom on speed dial? A. Instagram Q. Why did the PowerPoint Presentation cross the road? A. To get to the other slide. Q. How does a co...

Deducting work clothes is a misunderstood topic.  I am going to clear up the question of what you can and cannot deduct as work clothes on a tax return.It really boils down to this.  If the clothes you purchase for work are not suitable for wear outside of work, you can deduct them. However, ther...

Mother asked her child:— Do you know that God was here, when you were stealing cookies from the kitchen?— Yes, I do.— And do you know that he was looking at you all this time?— Yes, I do.— And how do you think, what he said?— He said: “There is nobody here apart from us, so take some cookies for ...

There lived a lonely old man in the village. In the evenings the local boys used to play close to his house. The games were accompanied with loud cries.The old man was done with it, so one evening he invited the boys into his house. He told them how much he likes listening to loud children voices...

A man walked into a small Irish pub and ordered three beers. Bartender was surprised, but he served that man three beers. One hour later the man ordered three beers again. The very next day that man ordered three beers again and drank quietly at a table. This repeated several times and shortly af...

This is a story I read in Reader's Digest years ago.  It isn't word for word but it is still funny.A family had a dog who hated taking baths.  The only way they could get the dog to behave is to threaten it with a bath.  One day a biker was riding by their house and their dog started barking at t...

A pirate had a wooden leg, a hook on one arm, and a patch over one eye. Someone asked him how these things happened. He said that a whale bit off his leg, a crocodile had chewed off his hand, and a bird dropping hit him in the eye. The other guy replied that he understood about the wooden leg hav...

At Number Cruncher LLC we like to educate taxpayers.  One item taxpayers need to know is that if they don't receive a W-2/1099 or the like, they still need to file a tax return as well as file it on time. It's a fact that mail gets lost.  The IRS isn't going to let that excuse reduce penalties an...