A nervous taxpayer was unhappily conversing with the IRS Tax auditor who had come to review his records.
At one point the auditor exclaimed, “Mr. Carr, we feel it is a great privilege to be allowed to live and work in the USA. As a citizen you have an obligation to pay taxes, and we expect you to eagerly pay them with a smile.”
“Thank goodness,” returned Mr. Carr, with a giant grin on his face, “I thought you were going to want me to pay with cash.”
Vocabulary Help
- allow – permitir
- citizen – cidadão
- eagerly – ansiosamente
- grin – sorriso forçado
- IRS Tax auditor – auditor da receita federal
- I thought you were going to want me to pay with cash – Eu pensei que você iria querer que eu pagasse em dinheiro
- review – revisar, analisar
- smile. – sorriso
- taxes – taxas, impostos
- taxpayer – contribuinte, pagador de impostos
- Thank goodness – Graças a Deus